Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/tVl-

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 reconstructions

• *tul, *tuul

Root

*tVl-

1. hill
2. to pile up

Descendants

• Proto-Berber: *a-drar (possibly)
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ (adrar)
  • Kabyle: adrar
  • Tarifit: adrar
• Proto-Cushitic: *tul-
  • Proto-East Cushitic:
    • Somali: tuulmo, tuulan
    • Hadiyya: duulla
    • Oromo: tulluu
  • Proto-South Cushitic:
    • Iraqw: tlooma
• Proto-Chadic: (possibly)
  • Hausa: tsaunī̀
• Egyptian: ḏw (possibly)
  • Demotic: tw
    • Coptic: ⲧⲟⲟⲩ (toou)
• Proto-Semitic: *tall- (see there for further descendants)

References

• Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, →ISBN, page 142