Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ladd- ~ *lVʔVd-

Meaning: plot of land (of a specific kind)

Semitic: *lVdw/y/d- 'field; garden'

Egyptian: ỉꜣd.t (<*lʔd?) 'field'

East Chadic: *laHad- 'field'

Low East Cushitic: *ladd- 'one person's area, property'

Notes: Cf. HSED, No. 1633: Jegu; Eg.; Or.

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1947

Proto-Semitic: *lVdw/y/d-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: field; garden

Akkadian: ludû, an administrative designation of a field (probably a field, on which specific work obligations have to be performed) OB on (CAD l, l238); 'eine Art Saatfeld' (AHw, 561; <*lVdw/y-)

Arabic: ladīdat- 'jardin couvert de verdure et de fleurs' (BK 2, 982; with a meaning shift?)

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: ỉꜣd.t

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'Art Feld' MK (EG I, 35), 'tract of land' (Foulkner 1962, 10), ỉꜣdw.t 'Viehweiden' 19 Din. (ỉꜣd may originate from *lʔd)

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *laHad-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'field'

Jegu: lóód 'field' (Jung. 125)

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ladd-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'one person's area, property'

Oromo (Galla): laddaa 'one person's area, property' (Gragg 1982, 259)

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