Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ruub-
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Proto-Afroasiatic[edit]
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This Proto-Afroasiatic 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. |
Root[edit]
*ruub-
- to send
Reconstruction notes[edit]
Semitic and Egyptian went through the following semantic shift: to send -> to direct -> to command, to rule.
Descendants[edit]
- Cushitic:
- Afar: ruub (“to send”)
- Egyptian: nb (“master, lord”)
- Proto-Semitic: *rabb-
- Arabic: ر ب ب (r b b)
References[edit]
- Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, →ISBN, page 445