Where does “tacengut” come from?

tacengut (Kabyle) comes from Kabyle t- -t, from Proto-Berber *ta- -t.

tacengut (Kabyle): female enemy

Definitions

  1. female enemy

Ancestry of “tacengut”, step by step

tacengut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kabyle t- -t

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kabylet- -t—
2Proto-Berber*ta- -t—

via Kabyle acengu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kabyleacenguenemy
Every word from Proto-Berber *ta- -t →Every word from Kabyle t- -t →