Where does “ⵜⴰⵔⴱⴰⵜⵜ” come from?

ⵜⴰⵔⴱⴰⵜⵜ (Central Atlas Tamazight) comes from Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜ- -ⵜ, from Proto-Afroasiatic -t — Marks nouns as feminine.

ⵜⴰⵔⴱⴰⵜⵜ (Central Atlas Tamazight): girl (child)

Definitions

  1. girl (child)

Ancestry of “ⵜⴰⵔⴱⴰⵜⵜ”, step by step

ⵜⴰⵔⴱⴰⵜⵜ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜ- -ⵜ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Atlas Tamazightⵜ- -ⵜfeminine circumfix
2Proto-Afroasiatic-tMarks nouns as feminine

via Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵔⴱⴰ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central Atlas Tamazightⴰⵔⴱⴰchild
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic -t →Every word from Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜ- -ⵜ →