Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/kar-

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

Alternative forms

• *kayar-

Root

*kar-

1. dog

Derived terms

• *kar-b-
  • Proto-Semitic: *kalb-

Descendants

• Proto-Chadic:
  • Proto-Central Chadic: *kīr-
    • Zulgo-Gemzek: kəra
  • Proto-West Chadic: *kar-, *kayar-
    • Hausa-Gwandara:
      • Hausa: kàrē
    • Ron:
      • Bokkos: kyàra
      • Duhwa: gíra (“dog”)
• Proto-Cushitic:
  • Proto-East Cushitic:
    • Dullay:
      • Gawwada: xaro, haaro ("dog")

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 313.