Reconstruction:Proto-Omotic/Hāččʼí

This Proto-Omotic 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-Omotic

Etymology

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

*Hāččʼí

1. water

Descendants

• Ta-Ne Omotic: *hāččʼọ́, *wāččʼọ́
  • Gonga:
    • Shinasha: aatsa
    • Kafa: ačʼo
    • Shekkacho: à·čʼo
  • Ometo:
    • Central Ometo:
      • Wolaytta: hatta
      • Oyda: haytsi
      • Melo: ’átsә
      • Dorze: haats
      • Gamo: hatse
      • Gofa: hatse
    • East Ometo:
      • Kachama-Ganjule: wáatsʼi, waatsʼi
      • Koorete: wáatsʼe
      • Zayse-Zergulla: waːtse
    • Basketo: waːtse
    • Maale: waːtsi
• Proto-Maji: *haːy
  • Dizin: aːi
  • Sheko: áːy
  • Nayi: hai
• Aroid:
  • Bambassi: hàːtsὲ