Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/dac-

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 This Proto-Afroasiatic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Afroasiatic

Etymology 1

Root

*dac-

  1. flint knife

Reconstruction notes

Proto-Afroasiatic *-c- (and not *s) is reconstructed in the basis of the related *dac-, where it's attested in West Chadic and Central Chadic.

Descendants

  • Egyptian: ds (“flint, knife”)
  • Proto-Chadic: *das- (“knife”) (see there for further descendants) (only attested in Eastern Chadic)

Etymology 2

Related to *dac- (“flint knife”).

Root

*dac-

  1. cut, chop

Descendants

  • Egyptian: ds (“cut”)
  • Chadic:
    • Proto-West Chadic: dac- ("cut")
    • Proto-Central Chadic: *dVc- (“chop”)
    • Proto-East Chadic: *daHis- < *diHas- "cut", "cut hair"

References

  • Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 140
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