Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/maʔ-

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

*maʔ-

1. water

Descendants

• Proto-Berber: *am-an (see there for further descendants)
• Chadic:
  • Guruntum: mā̀
• Cushitic:
  • Aasax: maʔa
  • Burunge: ma'ay
  • Dahalo: maʔa
  • Iraqw: ma'ay
• Egyptian: mw (/⁠maw⁠/) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Semitic: *māy- (see there for further descendants)

References

• Takács, Gábor (1999–2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, →ISBN