Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ruub-

Proto-Afroasiatic

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.

Root

*ruub-

1. to send

Reconstruction notes

Semitic and Egyptian went through the following semantic shift: to send -> to direct -> to command, to rule.

Descendants

• Cushitic:
  • Afar: ruub (“to send”)
• Egyptian: nb (“master, lord”)
• Proto-Semitic: *rabb-
  • Arabic: ر ب ب (r b b)

References

• Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, →ISBN, page 445