< Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic
Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ruk-
Proto-Afroasiatic
Verb
*ruk-
- (intransitive) to bend
Descendants
- Proto-Cushitic: *ruk- (“to turn”)
- Somali: ruug (“kneecap”)
- Egyptian: rkrk (“to creep”)
- Proto-Semitic: *rkb-
- Arabic: ركبة (“knee”)
References
- Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, →ISBN, page 447