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Reconstruction:Proto-Nostratic/*ʔer(V)

 This 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-Nostratic

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ʔarV̄ (“earth, land, place”) (Dolgopolsky)
  • *ʔer-a (“earth, ground”) (Bomhard)[1]

Root

*ʔer(V)

  1. earth, soil

Descendants

  • Proto-Afroasiatic: *ʔ[e]r-t͜ɬʼ- (“earth, ground”)
    • Proto-Semitic: *ʔarṣ́- (“earth, land”)
    • West Chadic: *HVrit͜ɬ’- (“earth”)
    • East Chadic: *ʔirt͜ɬ’- (“valley”)
  • Eurasiatic:
    • Proto-Dravidian: *erē (“soil clay”)
    • Proto-Indo-European: *h₁er- (“earth, ground”)

References

  1. ^ Bomhard, Allan R.; Kerns, John C. (1994) The Nostratic Macrofamily: A Study in Distant Linguistic Relationship →ISBN
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