Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ganVḥ-

Meaning: wing

Semitic: *ganaḥ- 'thorax area and arms; wing'

Egyptian: d_nḥ (pyr) 'wing'

Central Chadic: *ganH- 'wing' (?)

High East Cushitic: *gon(n)- (<*gVnḥ-?) 'wing'

Notes: Cf. *gʷinaʕ- 'arm; elbow; hand' (431).

Semitic etymology :

Number: 135

Proto-Semitic: *ganaḥ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: thorax area and arms; wing

Arabic: ǯ̌anāḥ- 'bras (chez l'homme); aisselle; aile (chez les oiseaux, les insectes, etc.) [BK 1 338]; ǯāniḥ-at- 'côte, surtout cette partie qui est du côté de la poitrine' [ibid.]

Soqotri: ganḥ 'devant, milieu de la poitrine' [SSL LS 1458, apud Johnstone], NOGED génⁿaḥ 'sternum' [ibid. 1458] (not in [LS])

Notes: As anatomic terms valid for comparison attested only in ARB and SOQ. Cf. MHR agōnǝḥ 'to fly' [LM 122], likely related; JIB gɛ́naḥ 'wing' [JJ 77] is an Arabism, according to Johnstone.

    [DRS 157]: ARB, MSA

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: d_nḥ (pyr)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'wing'

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *ganH- (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'wing'

Mbara: gàŋ-làŋ [TMba]

Notes: -làŋ is not clear.

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *gon(n)- (<*gVnḥ-?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'wing'

Kambatta: gonna-ta

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