Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *dug-

Meaning: beat, grind, scrape

Semitic: *dug- 'grind (to a powder)'

Berber: *dVg- 'forge'

Western Chadic: *dVg-

Central Chadic: *dVg- 'push' 1, 'hit, strike' 2, 'forge' 3

East Chadic: *dVg- 'strike' 1, 'destroy' 2, 'forge' 3

Low East Cushitic: *dug-

High East Cushitic: *dig- 'demolish, destroy'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1770

Proto-Semitic: *dug-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'grind (to a powder)'

Arabic: dgg [-u-]

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *dVg-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'forge'

Aksimen: dǝg

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *dVg-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'beat, thrash, castrate an animal'

Ngizim: dá-dgú [ShN]

Notes: Kirfi dogg- 'strike in reply' may be derived from dog- 'to pay'.

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *dVg-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'push' 1, 'hit, strike' 2, 'forge' 3

Mofu-Gudur: -́dǝg- 1 [BMof]

Gude: dǝgǝ 2 [Hs]

Buduma=Yedina: dōgei [LBud] 3

Notes: Cf. a redupl. Mulvi dì-dìgì 'knead' (damer) [TMlv]

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *dVg-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'strike' 1, 'destroy' 2, 'forge' 3

Dangla: údgé 1 [Ebb] , dùgìyè 2 [Fd]

Mubi: dóggà [Lk: 190] 3

Notes: cp. a noun deriv.: Mubi mí-dígò 'smith' [Lk: 189]. Bidiya ḍuug 'grind for the second time' [JBid] < var. *duHug-

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *dug-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'scrape'

Oromo (Galla): duug-

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *dig-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'demolish, destroy'

Sidamo: diig-

Darasa (Gedeo): diig-

Total pages generated Pages generated by this script 395069 2394179	Help
StarLing database server Powered by CGI scripts Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin Copyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov