Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *daḳVn- (?)

Meaning: jaw, cheek

Semitic: *dḳn 'to hit someone in the jaw'

East Chadic: *daKVm 'cheek' (?)

Notes: Scarce data. Cf. 1) Sem *dVḳm- 'mouth; jaw, cheek' SED 49; 2) Afras. *ǯiḳan- 'beard, chin'; 3) Cush. Bilin *diḳn- and Som. duḳ- 'old man' (< 'beard' < 'beard, chin'?)

Semitic etymology :

Number: 123

Proto-Semitic: *dḳn-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to hit someone in the jaw'

Arabic: dḳn

Notes: Cf. *dVḳm- 'mouth; jaw, cheek' SED 49

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *daKVm (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cheek'

Ndam: dágǝ̀m [CLR:69]

Notes: -g- < *-k-is possible

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