Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/dûm-

Proto-Afroasiatic

Root

*dûm-

1. to proclaim
2. to speak forcefully

Descendants

• Cushitic:
  • Somali: dundun (“argument”)
• Egyptian: dm (“to proclaim, to name, to mention”)
• Proto-Semitic: *damdam-
  • Arabic: د م د م (d m d m)

References

• Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, →ISBN, page 133