Where does “tacɛeft” come from?

tacɛeft (Tarifit) comes from Arabic كعبة, from Arabic كَعْب.

tacɛeft (Tarifit): ankle; kneecap

Definitions

  1. ankle; kneecap

Ancestry of “tacɛeft”, step by step

tacɛeft traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic كعبة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكعبةcube, a cubic structure; shrine, focus of...
2Arabicكَعْب—

via Tarifit t- -t

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

via Tarifit acɛeb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tarifitacɛebfox
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