Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/lis-

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

*lis-^[1]

tongue

Alternative reconstructions

*les-^[2]
*-lis'- (verb, “to lick”)^[3]

Descendants

Proto-Berber: *iləs (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Chadic: *lis^[4]
- West Chadic:
  - Hausa: harshè
  - Fyer: lés
  - Tambas: les
  - Bole: lisim
  - Ron: ʔalis^[5]
Egyptian: ns (see there for further descendants)
Omotic:
- Dime: les'i (“to lick”)
- → Arbore: lec
Proto-Semitic: *lišān- (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995), Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31
^ Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*les-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 1666, page 361
^ Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian): Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 126), Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 406
^ Olga Stolbova (2016), Этимологический словарь чадских языков [Etymological dictionary of the Chadic languages]‎^[1], Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 253
^ Roger Blench, Ron Comparative Wordlist

[1] Loprieno, Antonio (1995), Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31

[2] Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*les-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 1666, page 361

[3] Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian): Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 126), Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 406

[4] Olga Stolbova (2016), Этимологический словарь чадских языков [Etymological dictionary of the Chadic languages]‎^[1], Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 253

[5] Roger Blench, Ron Comparative Wordlist

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