Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/ulβ

This Proto-Berber 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-Berber

Alternative reconstructions

• *uləβ
• *ul(ə)β
• *luβ

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *lib- (“heart”). Cognate with Proto-Semitic *libb- and Egyptian jb.

Noun

*ulβ m (construct form *w-ulβ, plural *ulβ-aw-ăn)

1. heart

Descendants

• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵓⵍ (ul)
• Kabyle: ul
• Tuareg: ul

References

• van Putten, Marijn (2019) “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica, Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN, pages 273, 291, 296