Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/c̣ir

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

*c̣ir

1. bird

Descendants

• Proto-Cushitic:
  • Proto-South Cushitic: *ciraʿ- (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Semitic: *ʕVṣṣūr-
  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒄷 (iṣṣūrum)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎕𐎗 (ʿṣr /⁠ʿuṣṣūru⁠/)

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 246.