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*Pcg111
- flint knife
Reconstruction notes
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Proto-Afroasiatic *-c- (and not *s) is reconstructed in the basis of the related *dac-, where it's attested in West Chadic and Central Chadic.
- Egyptian: ds (“flint, knife”)
- Proto-Chadic: *das- (“knife”) (see there for further descendants) (only attested in Eastern Chadic)
*Pcg111
- cut, chop
Related to *dac- (“flint knife”).
- Egyptian: ds (“cut”)
- Chadic: