Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔir-

Meaning: eye

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Egyptian: *ʔir- 'eye'

Western Chadic: *yir- (<*ʔir-) 'eye'

Central Chadic: *ʔiray- 'eye'

East Chadic: *ʔEr- 'eye'

Beḍauye (Beja): iray 'see'

South Cushitic: *ʔar- 'to see'

Notes: Cf. HSED, 112 *ʔir- 'eye' (Eg. and Ch.) and 75 *ʔer- 'see, know' (ECh. 'see'; Beja iray-, iree 'see' which is a mistake: it means 'das Wissen, Kunde' in Rein. Beḍ, 30; Agaw 'know'; Wrz. 'know'; Om. 'know'; and Rift 'see') with the question "Related to HS *ʔir- "eye"?". Cf. also HSED, 2104 *reʔ- 'see' (part of Sem. and Beja).

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: ỉr.t

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'eye' (pyr)

Demotic: yr.t id

Coptic: *yiri id.:

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *y/ʔir-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'eye'

Jimi: yára [Cs N 59]

Polchi: yir [Cs N59]

Geji: gʷ-er [CLR]

Zaar: yīr [CLR]

Sayanchi: yíir [Cs N 59]

Guruntum: yer-en [CLR]

Buli: irr [CLR]

Kir: yìr [CLR: 125]

Wangday: yìr [CLR]

Tala: yìr [CLR: 125]

Zul: ge-erē [Cs N 59]

Fyer: yèèr [CLR]

Kulere: rî(h)[CLR]

Daffo-Butura: d-iir [CLR]

Notes: it can not be excluded that all the forms are from Ch *ʔidV

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *ʔir-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'eye'

Mbara: rḗ (pl.) [TMba]

Malgwa: ire [Lr]

Gisiga: re [CLR}

Munjuk: aray [TMnj]

Daba: xìrā, ra [CLR]

Musgoy: ríyā [CLR}

Musgu: arai [Luk]

Gidar: ạrạ [CLR]

Lame: írí

Peve: i [Kr: 205]

Zime-Batna: ʔír [Sa: 544]

Masa: írạ [CLR: 127]

Mesme: ir

Banana: irà , ida [Lk: 132]

Notes: C 12 *ir [Sy: 50] . If Bnn ida is correct, C 12 originates from Ch *ʔid- 'eye'. The same may be true for the whole CCh data

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *ʔEr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'eye'

Mubi: ír-ín , pl. ar-an [Lk:186]

Mokilko: ʔêr-sá [JMkk]

Notes: -sa is a body-part suff. in Mkk.

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: iray-, iree

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'see'

South Cushitic etymology :

Proto-South Cushitic: *ʔar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'see'

Iraqw (Mbulu): ara

Alagwa (Wasi): ar-

Burunge (Mbulungi): ar-im-

Notes: Secondary *-a-

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : HVRV

Meaning : eye, see

Afroasiatic : *ʔir- eye (also *rVʔ- see'

Amerind (misc.) : *ere 'eye' (R 234) [+ K]

Notes : So far isolated in SH; cf. perhaps some IE words for 'think, count, find' (and PN *uwVrV 'true'?)

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