Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/bir-
Proto-Afroasiatic
editRoot
edit*bir-
- (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