𓄣 d🫀ug henning 𒊮 @likethemagician.bsky.social · 06/10/2026While Semitic peoples more typically conflated "right" with "south", Egyptians used *ʔiman- "right side" for west (jmn.t), the Netherworld, and also used the jmn = *ʔmn root for "hiding, sunset". 1/3 4355
𓄣 d🫀ug henning 𒊮 @likethemagician.bsky.social · 06/10/2026There were 2 words for "right side" though: the other was wnm.j "one for eating". They're so similar, I wonder if they have common origin with AA *ymn. The usual explanation for wnm "to eat" is onomatopoeia, but what if that's where *ymn "the eating side" comes from, too? 2/3 3151
David Eddyshaw @tacitean.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The Oti-Volta languages nearly all make their words for "right hand" from the root "eat", e.g. Mooré dɩ "eat", dɩtgo "right hand." 010
Word Family Friday @wordfamilyfriday.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Am I understanding the proposal/thought experiment correctly?: 120
𓄣 d🫀ug henning 𒊮 @likethemagician.bsky.social · 06/10/2026(Add this, along with the lack of a prefix conjugation and the pronouns, to the pros side of the pros and cons for considering Egyptian Afroasiatic's Anatolian.) ==== Adapted from a quotepost of @iwsfutcmd.bsky.social on Twitter 3/3 2100
