Afroasiatic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVf-

Meaning: snake

Semitic: *šVpp- 'kind of snake, worm'

Berber: *sVfuf- 'snake' (?)

Egyptian: sfy (reg) 'snake'

East Chadic: *syap- 'snake'

Omotic: *šef- 'snake, lizard'

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Proto-Semitic: *šVpp-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: kind of snake, worm

Hebrew: šǝpīpōn 'horned viper' [KB 1628], pB. 'a species of serpents, adder' [Ja. 1616]. Hapax in Gn 49.17 (yǝhī dān nāḥāš ʕălē däräk // šǝpīpōn ʕălē ʔōraḥ 'let Dan be a snake on the road // š. on the way').

Judaic Aramaic: šǝpīpōnā 'a species of serpents, adder' [Ja. 1616], špypwn 'serpent' [Sok. 563] (probably a Hebraism).

Syrian Aramaic: šappāpā 'serpens; gryllus' [Brock. 793], 'animalia reptantia, locusta reptans' [PS 4257].

Arabic: siff- 'serpent; espèce de serpent tacheté de blanc et de noir' [BK 1 1096], [LA IX 154] (also suff-).

Tigre: sǝf 'millepede' [LH 200].

Tigrai (Tigriñña): wäsfat 'intestinal worm, hook-worm' K 1748

Notes: Cf. phonetically and semantically close forms with -b-, which should probably be united into a separate root: Akk. šibbu 'a snake' MB on [CAD š2 375], [AHw. 1226]; Gyt. sība 'kind of worm' [LGur. 531], Cha. Eža šiba, Enm. šība, Gyt. šīb_a, End. šī̃wä 'kind of worm' [ibid. 571]; Mhr. šǝbšīb 'red waterworm' [JM 392], Hrs. šebšebēt 'small red worm, centipede' [JH 123], E. Jib. šǝbšéb 'red waterworm' [JM 392]. [KB 1629]: Hbr., Akk. (šibbu), Arb.

Proto-Berber: *sVfuf-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'snake'

Zenaga: te-sfuf-ǝh

Old Egyptian: sfy (reg)

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Meaning: 'snake'

Notes: Vocalic -y

Proto-EChadic: *syap-

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Meaning: 'snake'

Kwang: sḗpí [Jg]

Proto-Omotic: *šef-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'snake, lizard'

Kafa (Kaficho): šef-ittoo

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