Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/kar-

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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

Alternative forms

  • *kayar-

Root

*kar-

  1. dog

Derived terms

  • *kar-b-
    • Proto-Semitic: *kalb-

Descendants

  • Proto-Chadic:
    • Proto-Central Chadic: *kīr-
    • Proto-West Chadic: *kar-, *kayar-
      • Hausa-Gwandara:
      • Ron:
        • Bokkos: kyàra
        • Duhwa: gíra (“dog”)
  • Proto-Cushitic:
    • Proto-East Cushitic:

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 313.
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