Etymological dictionary of Egyptian / / Gábor Takács.

• Superior document: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 48/1
• VerfasserIn: Takács, Gábor, 1947-
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [1999]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: English
• Series: Handbuch der Orientalistik. Nahe und der Mittlere Osten ; 48. Bd., 1-3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 pages)

This is the introductory volume to the first dictionary on the etymological relations between ancient Egyptian and other Afro-Asiatic languages. Gábor Takács' new multi-volume Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian (now to appear at regular intervals of about 12-18 months) will be a hallmark in Egyptian and Afro-Asiatic linguistics. The amount of material offered, the extensive treatment of scholarly discussions on each item, and the insights into the connections of Egyptian with its related Afro-Asiatic languages, including many new lexical parallels, will make it an indispensable tool for comparative and interpretative purposes and the unchallenged starting point for every linguist in the field. Volume 1, the opening volume of the dictionary, can rightly be called the key to the work; it not only provides the users with a comprehensive analysis of the Afro-Asiatic background of the Egyptian consonant system, but also offers a critical appraisal of linguistic theories on Egyptian historical phonology, the problems surrounding the origins of the Egyptian language, and an extensive bibliography to the dictionary volumes to appear.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations, sigla and transcription -- Abbreviations of languages, language periods -- Other frequently abbreviated terms and expressions -- Abbreviations of names of frequently quoted authors -- Signs used specially in the etymological entries -- Transcription -- I. Periods of studying lexical affinities among Egyptian, Semitic, and other Afro-Asiatic languages -- II. Classification of Egyptian and the Afro-Asiatic language family -- III. Some problems of Egyptian's position within Afro-Asiatic and among African languages -- Egyptian and Chadic -- Egyptian and Semitic -- Egyptian and the African language families -- Homeland question -- IV. The Old Egyptian consonant system and Afro-Asiatic -- Regular consonant correspondences between Egyptian and Afro-Asiatic -- Eg. 3 -- Eg. j -- Eg. ʿ -- Eg. w -- Eg. b -- Eg. p -- Eg. f -- Eg. m -- Eg. n -- Eg. r -- Eg. h -- Eg. ḥ -- Eg. ḫ -- Eg. ẖ -- Eg. z -- Eg. s -- Eg. š -- Eg. q -- Eg. k -- Eg. g -- Eg. t -- Eg. ṯ -- Eg. d -- Eg. ḏ -- Regular consonant correspondences between Egyptian, Semitic and other Afro-Asiatic branches -- The Old Egyptian consonant system -- The problem of Egyptian 3 -- The problem of Old Egyptian n and *1 -- Further questions -- V. Occasional, seemingly irregular consonant correspondences -- VI. Incompatibility, assimilation and dissimilation -- VII. The Egypto-Semitic consonant correspondences as set up by Rössler and his followers -- VIII. The law of Belova -- Bibliography -- HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK Abt. I: DER NAHE UND MITTLERE OSTEN.