Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/iləs

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

From Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognate with Proto-Semitic *lišān- and Egyptian ns.

Noun

*iləs m (construct form *y-iləs, plural *iləs-awăn)

tongue

Descendants

Ghadames: ilǝs
Tashelhit: ⵉⵍⵙ (ils)
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵍⴻⵙ (iles)
Tahaggart Tamahaq: ilǝs
Tamasheq: ilǝs
Awjila: íləs
Tumzabt: ilǝs
Kabyle: iles

References

van Putten, Marijn (2019) , “Introducción al estudio diacrónico del bereber”, in José Juan Batista Rodríguez, editor, Estudios sobre toponimia canaria prehispánica, Academia Canaria De La Lengua, →ISBN