Reconstruction:Proto-Cushitic/ʔil-

This Proto-Cushitic 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-Cushitic

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic.

Noun

*ʔil-

1. eye

Descendants

• Proto-East Cushitic:
  • Proto-Highland Cushitic:
    • Burji: illa
    • Hadiyya: ille
    • Sidamo: ille
  • Proto-Lowland Cushitic:
    • Proto-Oromoid: *ila
      • Oromo: ija
      • Khonso: ilta
    • Proto-Somaloid:
      • Jiiddu: el
      • Somali: il
• Proto-South Cushitic: *ʔila
  • Iraqw: ila

References

• Ehret, Christopher (1987) “Proto-Cushitic Reconstruction”, in Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, volume 8, pages 7–180