User:Jaspet/Proto-Nostratic

This page is an appendix for hypothetical Proto-Nostratic reconstructions.

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Reconstruction:Proto-Nostratic/*ʔer(V)

This 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-Nostratic

Alternative reconstructions

• *ʔarV̄ (“earth, land, place”) (Dolgopolsky)
• *ʔer-a (“earth, ground”) (Bomhard)

Root

*ʔer(V)

1. earth, soil

Descendants

• Proto-Afroasiatic: *ʔ[e]r-t͜ɬʼ- (“earth, ground”)
  • Proto-Semitic: *ʔarṣ́- (“earth, land”)
  • West Chadic: *HVrit͜ɬ’- (“earth”)
  • East Chadic: *ʔirt͜ɬ’- (“valley”)
• Eurasiatic:
  • Proto-Dravidian: *erē (“soil clay”)
    • Kannada: [script needed] (ere, “black soil”)
    • Telugu: రేగడ (rē-gaḍa), రేగడి (rē-gaḍi) (“clay”)
  • Proto-Indo-European: *h₁er- (“earth, ground”)