Reconstruction:Proto-Chadic/ḳas-

This Proto-Chadic 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-Chadic

Alternative reconstructions

*ƙs₃

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳas-.

Noun

*ḳas-

bone

Descendants

West Chadic:
- Hausa: ƙàshī
Proto-Central Chadic: *ɗiɬ (see there for further descendants)
East Chadic:
- Dangaléat: kaaso

References

Olga Stolbova (2016) Этимологический словарь чадских языков [Etymological dictionary of the Chadic languages]‎^[1], Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pages 238-240
Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Kiyoshi Shimizu (1981) Chadic Lexical Roots. (a First Evaluation of the Marburg Chadic Word Catalogue), Reimer, →ISBN, page 49: “ƙs (-n, -k)”