Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ḥam-

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

*ḥam-

  1. to be hot, burnt

Descendents

  • Proto-Berber:
    • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵢⴻⵃⵎⴰⵏ (yeḥman, “hot”)
  • Proto-Cushitic: *ham- (see there for further descendants)
  • Egyptian: hm (“to burn; to be hot”)
  • Proto-Semitic: *ḥam-
    • Hebrew: חַם (kham, “hot”)

References

  • Orel, Vladimir E., Stolbova, Olga V. (1995) Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, pages 273, 326.
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