Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/iləs

This Proto-Berber 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-Berber

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. tongue

Descendants

• Awjila: íləs
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵙ (ils), ⵉⵔⵙ (irs)
• Ghadames: ilǝs
• Kabyle: iles
• Tamahaq: ilǝs
• Tamasheq: ilǝs
• Tarifit: iřes, iles
• Tashelhit: ⵉⵍⵙ (ils)
• Northern Saharan Berber: ilǝs

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, page 291