Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ʕal-

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

Root

*ʕal-

  1. be high, rise

Descendants

  • Proto-Berber: *aly- (“to ascend, climb”)
  • Proto-Chadic:
  • >? Egyptian: jꜥr (“to ascend, arise”)
  • Proto-Semitic: *ʕaly- (“to ascend, climb, be high”)
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