Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *himic-

Meaning: walk in and out

Semitic: *hVmiš/s- 'walk day and night'

Western Chadic: *mV(HV)c- 'to move' 1, 'walking' 2

Low East Cushitic: *hambis-

Notes: Derived from *ham-/*him- 'go, walk' ?

Semitic etymology :

Number: 452

Proto-Semitic: *hVmiš/s-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'walk day and night'

Arabic: hms [-i-]

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *mV(HV)c-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to move' 1, 'walking' 2

Hausa: mṓc̣à 1

Ankwe=Goemai: mes 2 (?) 'an affected walking', if not the same as mes 'to brag ' [TAS:247]

Tangale: mese 2 [JgT] (vowel assim., also 'journey, travel')

Notes: long vowel in Hausa may result from a contraction: *mVHVc- > mVVc-. The HCC > *CHC-metath. is typical of Chadic. See [SkHs:203].

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *hambis-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'leave'

Oromo (Galla): hambisa

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