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”)
  • Coptic: ⲁⲗⲏⲓ (alēi), ⲁⲗⲉ (ale, “to mount, go up”)
• Proto-Semitic: *ʕaly- (“to ascend, climb, be high”)