Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḫanʒiw-

Meaning: beetle, fly, wasp

Semitic: *ḫVn/wz- 'kind of insect'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *ḥVnǯur- 'wasp' (<Tgr or > Tgr?)

High East Cushitic: *HaǯVy- 'wasp'

Omotic: *k/haǯVy- 'wasp' (<*ḫaǯVy-?)

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2430

Proto-Semitic: *ḫVnz(iz)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: kind of insect

Akkadian: ḫanzizītu (ḫazzizētu) 'a green winged insect; a bird' SB [CAD ḫ 83], 'eine Art Holzwespe?' [AHw. 321]. In lexical lists (= Sum. NUM.SIG₇.SIG₇, NUM.ZU.RA.AH, Akk. kuzāzu, pilaḳ(ḳi) Ištar) and šumma ālu. The variant form ḫanzētu (ḫa-an-ze-e-tu) in KADP 12 III 29 quoted in [AHw.] is important for the comparison with Arb. ḫunzuwānat-.

Arabic: ḫunzuwānat- 'mouche qui s'attaque au chameau, s'introduit dans son nez et le tourmente' [BK 1 639], [Fr. I 531]. Not fully reliable (in national lexicography attested with the meaning 'pride, arrogance' only).

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ḥǝnǯiǯ 'specie di calabrone' [Bass. 58].

Amharic: ǝnzǝz, ǝnziz 'beetle' [K 1228].

Gurage: Cha. Eža Enm. End. Gyt. ǝnzǝz, Muh. Msq. Gog. Sod. ǝnzizza 'May bug' [LGur. 78].

Notes: In [LGur. 78] Sel. zīzo, Wol. zizo 'May bug' are compared with the Eth. forms listed above (cf. rather *zīz-, No. ...). A number of forms, though not immediately comparable, exhibit a certain cimilarity to the present root: Akk. anzūzu 'a spider' SB [CAD a2 155], [AHw. 56] (cf. [Landsberger Fauna 138-9]); Arb. ḥuwwāz- 'grands scarabeés' [BK 1 513], [Fr. I 441], [TA XV 127] (different interpretation in [LA V 343]); Tgr. ḥǝnǯur 'wasp' (d'Abb.: 'scarabée')' [LH 86]. [LGur. 78]: Gur., Amh., Tna.

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *ḥVnǯur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'wasp'

Bilin: ḥenǯūrā pl., ḥenǯūr s. 'eine Käfersorte' (<Tgr?) Rein Bil 198; ḥanǯu-ra 'wasp', with singulative suffix Lamb Wol 410 (sing. suff. seems to be -ā, not ra)

Notes: <Eth?

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *HaǯVy-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'wasp'

Burji (Bambala, Dashe): aǯey Lamb Wol 410 (not in Sas Bur, nor in HEC)

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *k/haǯVy- (<*ḫaǯVy-?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'wasp'

Wolamo (Wolaitta): kaǯiy

Zaysse: haʒe (phonetically haže, see Lamb Wol 247)

Notes: Lamb Wol 410; on Omot. *x2 (<*ḫ?) see Bla Wol 147

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