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Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ruk-

Proto-Afroasiatic

Root

*ruk-

(intransitive) to bend

Descendants

Proto-Cushitic: *ruk- (“to turn”)
- Somali: ruug (“kneecap”)
Egyptian: rkrk (“to creep”)
Proto-Semitic: *rkb-
- Arabic: ركبة (“knee”)

References

Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, →ISBN, page 447

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