*t-k- “fear, evil”
PMA tank/tang “live in distress, shake” Sanskrit { IENH 154: *t'Y[a|&]w- “bad, evil” Proto-Nostratic > *t'(e|o)ws- “bad, evil; (prefix) ill-, un-, mis-” Proto-IndoEuropean AfroAsiatic d_w “bad, evil” Egyptian d_w-t “bad thing, wickedness, evil” Egyptian d_wy “evil” Egyptian g^owt “base, lowly, rejected” Coptic PMA takot “fear” Tagalog takut “fear” Malay, Javanese ma-ta'u “fear” Tahiti me-ta'u, “fear” Marquesas Back