< Reconstruction:Proto-Chadic

Reconstruction:Proto-Chadic/ḳas-

This Proto-Chadic 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-Chadic

Alternative reconstructions
  • *ƙs₃

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *ḳas-.

Noun

*ḳas-

  1. bone

Descendants
  • West Chadic:
    • Hausa: ƙàshī
  • Proto-Central Chadic: *ɗiɬ (see there for further descendants)
  • East Chadic:

References
  • Olga Stolbova (2016) Этимологический словарь чадских языков [Etymological dictionary of the Chadic languages]‎, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pages 238-240
  • Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Kiyoshi Shimizu (1981) Chadic Lexical Roots. (a First Evaluation of the Marburg Chadic Word Catalogue), Reimer, →ISBN, page 49: “ƙs (-n, -k)”
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