Reconstruction:Proto-Cushitic/matħ-

This Proto-Cushitic 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-Cushitic

Etymology

The ending *-ħ denotes some other bodily parts; *malħ- (“pus”), *bidħ- (“left hand”) also *kelħ- (“left hand”), *fanħ- (“gap (between teeth)”).[1] Compare with West Chadic prefix *ḥ- in Hausa hannu, harshe, haƙori.

Root

*matħ-

  1. head

Descendants

  • North Cushitic:
    • Beja: mat
  • Central Cushitic:
    • Proto-Agaw: *ŋat-a ("brain")
  • East Cushitic:
    • Lowland East Cushitic:
    • Proto-Baz: *mɛtɛħ
      • → Southern Nilotic: *met

References

  • Ehret, Christopher (1987) “Proto-Cushitic Reconstruction”, in Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, volume 8, pages 7–180
  1. ^ Blažek, V. (1999). "Egyptian numerals". In V. Blažek, Numerals: Comparative-etymological analyses of numeral systems and their implications: (Saharan, Nubian, Egyptian, Berber, Kartvelian, Uralic, Altaic and Indo-European languages). Masaryk University, page 42 →ISBN
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