Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ǯiʔib-

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

Noun

*ǯiʔib-

1. beast of prey

Derived terms

• Proto-Semitic: *ṣ́abuʕ- (possibly)

Descendants

• Egyptian: zꜣb (“jackal”)
• Proto-Semitic: *ḏiʔb- (“wolf”) (see there for further descendants)

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 553.