Reconstruction:Proto-Cushitic/ʔil-

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This Proto-Cushitic 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-Cushitic

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic.

Noun

*ʔil-

eye

Descendants

Proto-East Cushitic:
- Proto-Highland Cushitic:
  - Burji: illa
  - Hadiyya: ille
  - Sidamo: ille
- Proto-Lowland Cushitic:
  - Proto-Oromoid: *ila
    - Oromo: ija
    - Khonso: ilta
  - Proto-Somaloid:
    - Jiiddu: el
    - Somali: il
Proto-South Cushitic: *ʔila
- Iraqw: ila

References

Ehret, Christopher (1987) “Proto-Cushitic Reconstruction”, in Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, volume 8, pages 7–180

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