Reconstruction:Proto-Berber/isin

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 earlier *iwsin, from Proto-Afroasiatic *siwan- (“to know”). Cognate with Egyptian swn (“know”), Hausa sani, Proto-Central Chadic *sɨn.

Verb

*isin (perfect *əssắn, imperfect *əttisin)

  1. to know

Descendants

  • North:
    • Tashelhit: ssn
    • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵙⵉⵏ (isin)
    • Kabyle: issin
    • Tarifit: ssen
    • Chenoua: ssen
  • East:
    • Ghadames: essǝn
    • Siwi: ǝssǝn
  • Tuareg:
  • West:
    • Zenaga: ässən (aorist), əssän (perfect), əttässän (imperfect)
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