Reconstruction:Proto-Somaloid/geiz

This Proto-Somaloid 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-Somaloid

Etymology

Compare Baiso gaa, Arbore gaayyo (“shadow”), Daasanach gaac (“shadow”), Yaaku keden, Tsamai gazze (“shadow”), Oromo gaaddisa (“shadow”), Afar gaydarto (“type of tree”), Burji gaaddoo (“shadow”).

Noun

*geiz m (plural *geizó)

  1. tree.

Descendants

  • Jiiddu: gaay
  • Rendille: gey, geyo pl
  • Aweer: kee, keete pl
    • Aweer: keedka (“that tree”)
  • Somali:
    • Northern Somali: geed
    • Madhiban Somali: geyd

References

  • Heine, Bernd (1978), “The Sam languages. A History of Rendille, Boni and Somali”, in Afroasiatic Linguistics, volume 6, number 2, pages 1–93
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