Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wary-

Meaning: k. of bird

Semitic: *ʔarVr- ~ *warwar- 'bee-eater (used to find honey)'

Egyptian: wr (Pyr) 'swallow'

Western Chadic: *war- 'eagle'

Central Chadic: *war- 'kite'

Beḍauye (Beja): ḗrʔe 'white-tailed sea-eagle'

Dahalo (Sanye): weere 'peafowl'

Omotic: *Hawriy- 'cock' (<*ʔa-wriy-?)

Notes: Cf. Sem *ʕarw/y- ~ *ʕawr- 'bird of prey'.

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2678

Proto-Semitic: *ʔarVr- ~ *warwar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bee-eater'

Akkadian: arru 'bird used for decoy' MB on (CAD A2 305, AHw. 71) // For details connected with the use of a. as well as bird species used for this purpose v. [Salonen Vögel 29-31].

Syrian Aramaic: warwārā 'merops' (Brock. 186, PS 1068; an Arabism?)

Arabic: warwār- 'guépier (oiseau)' (BK 2 1526, Fr. IV 459)

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ʔirir, ʔǝrir 'bird which has an instinct to lead a honey gatherer to where there is honey' (K Tna 1439-40)

Notes: Arm. forms like Syr. ʔarrā 'avis illicebra' [Brock. 45] are certainly Akkadisms (cf. [Kaufman 36]). // Meaning similarity between the terms is so specific that it is tempting to posit it also for PS, though a possibility of chance coincidence cannot of course be excluded. Cf. Tna. wari 'kind of blackbird whose feathers have a metallic sheen' (K Tna 1723) and Amh. wari 'a kind of blackbird' (K 1500).

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: wr (Pyr)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'swallow' ('Schwalbe')

Notes: EG I 326

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *wara

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'eagle'

Hausa: wā́rà

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *war-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kite'

Higi Futu: war̀́i [Kr: 173]

Higi Nkafa: war̀́i [Kr: 133]

Higi Ghye: wǝrì [Kr:163]

Kapsiki=Higi Kamale: war̀́i [Kr: 153]

Notes: cp.HSED 2090 *raw

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: ḗrʔe

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'white-tailed sea-eagle'

Notes: Rein; Dolg An No.13; Bl Beja Fau 4

Dahalo etymology :

Dahalo: weere

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'peafowl'

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *Hawriy-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cock'

Ometo: Wol awriya Lamb 305

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