Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/a-ẓrəf

This Proto-Berber entry contains reconstructed words 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-Berber

Etymology

A wanderwort, hypothesized to be from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *silubrą, Proto-Slavic *sьrebro, Basque zilar.

Noun

*a-ẓrəf

silver

Descendants

Chenoua: [script needed] (aẓref)
Tamasheq: [script needed] (āzͅrəf)
- → Hausa: azurfa
Tashelhit: [script needed] (aẓrf)
Tahaggart Tamahaq: [script needed] (āẓref)
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵥⵕⴼ (aẓṛf))
Tawallammat Tamajaq: [script needed] (aẓref)
Zenaga: [Term?] (að̣erfi)

References

Dirk Boutkan and Maarten Kossmann (2001), "On The Etymology of 'Silver'", North-Western European Language Evolution 38, 3-15.