Wiktionary

Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/bir-

Proto-Afroasiatic edit

Root edit

*bir-

  1. (intransitive) to burn brightly

Descendants edit

  • Egyptian: brg (“to light up”)
  • Jiiddu: bir (“lightning”)
  • Proto-Semitic: *br (“to be light, bright”)
  • Somali: bir (“to glitter”)

References edit

  • Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, →ISBN, page 86
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