Reconstruction:Proto-Aroid/ʔan

This Proto-Aroid 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-Aroid

Noun

*ʔan

  1. arm, hand

Descendants

  • Hamer-Banna: aan
  • Karo: ʔan
  • Aari: ʔaani
  • Dime: ʔani

References

  • Yigezu, Moges (2015) “Is Aroid Nilo-Saharan or Afro-Asiatic? Some Evidences from Phonological, Lexical and Morphological Reconstructions”, in Mietzner, Angelika, Storch, Anne, editors, Nilo-Saharan – Models and Descriptions[1], Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, pages 381–401