Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ʔam

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

Etymology

Onomatopoeic nursery Lallwort. Compare Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Noun

*ʔam

  1. mother.

Descendants

  • Proto-Berber: *ʔamm
  • Egyptian: mwt
  • Proto-Semitic: *ʔimm-, *ʔumm- (see there for further descendants)
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