Egyptian rmč "Man": An attempt at an Afroasiatic Etymology

BLAŽEK, Václav. Egyptian rmč "Man": An attempt at an Afroasiatic Etymology. In Semito-Hamitic Festschrift for A.B. Dolgopolsky and H. Jungraithmayr. Berlin: Reimer, 2008, p. 57-62, 5 pp. ISBN 978-3-496-02810-9.

Basic information

• Original name: Egyptian rmč "Man": An attempt at an Afroasiatic Etymology
• Name in Czech: Epyptské rmč "muž": pokus o afroasijskou etymologii
• Authors: BLAŽEK, Václav (203 Czech Republic, guarantor).
• Edition: Berlin, Semito-Hamitic Festschrift for A.B. Dolgopolsky and H. Jungraithmayr, p. 57-62, 5 pp. 2008.
• Publisher: Reimer

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 60200 6.2 Languages and Literature
• Country of publisher: Germany
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/08:00026145
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• ISBN: 978-3-496-02810-9
• Keywords in English: Egyptian; orthography; Afroasiatic; etymology; compound
• Tags: Afroasiatic, compound, Egyptian, etymology, orthography
• Tags: Reviewed

Abstract

In the present contribution the Egyptian word rmč "people" is analyzed as a compound "son/child/born of men". The etymology is illustrated by numerous examples of related roots in Cushitic, Berber and Chadic languages, and in Semitic languages from the point of view of semantic typology.

Abstract (in Czech)

V tomto příspěvku analyzujeme egyptské slovo rmč "lidé" jako složeninu "syn/dítě/narozený z lidí". Etymologie je ilustrovaná na mnoha příkladech příbuzných kořenů z kušitských, berberských a čadských jazyků a v semitských jazyků z pohledu sémantické typologie.

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• MSM0021622435, plan (intention): Name: Středisko pro interdisciplinární výzkum starých jazyků a starších fází jazyků moderních

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, The Centre for the Interdisciplinary Research of Ancient Languages and Older Stages of Modern Languages