Reconstruction:Proto-Omotic/Hāččʼí
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Proto-Omotic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Immediately, derived from root *Hāčʼ- with nominal-forming suffix *-í (with the medial consonant regularly geminated). Ultimately uncertain. Probably not Afroasiatic in origin; cannot be derived from Proto-Afroasiatic *akʷ’- due to initial in *H- (whose expected Proto-Afroasiatic source would be *ʕ) and final in *-čʼ (the expected reflex of *kʷ’ would be *k’ in Omotic) nor does it bear resemblance to other Afroasiatic words.
Noun
[edit]*Hāččʼí
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Aklilu, Yilma. 2003. Comparative phonology of the Maji languages. Journal of Ethiopian studies 36: 59–88.