Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *sa(y)ka ?

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'plain, steppe'

Bilin: ? šákā, šḗkā 'Ebene, Steppe' (Reinisch 1887, 319; < Eth.?)

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVkay/w-

Meaning: land not cultivated actually, fallow

Semitic: *sa(y)k-at- 'field, meadow'

Berber: *su/ik(V)y 'fallow'

Western Chadic: *sVka 'waste, uncultivated land'

Central Chadic: *sVkw- 'field, farm'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *sa(y)ka (?) 'plain, steppe'

Notes: (probably related to *skk, *swk, *skw/y/ʔ 'to cultivate, to hoe and sow')

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2560

Proto-Semitic: *sa(y)k-at-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: field, meadow

Tigre: šeka, šekät 'field, meadow, valley' (LH, 222)

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *su/ik(V)y

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fallow'

Ntifa: Ntf., Zmr. i-ssîki, Tfl. a-ssîki (Laoust 1920, 261-2)

Seghrushen: isiki (pl. isak-at-ǝn)

Baamrani: i-ssuk_i (Laoust 1920, 261-2)

Izdeg: isiki (pl. isak-at-ǝn) (Laoust 1920, 261-2)

Izayan: a-sik_i (Laoust 1920, 261-2)

Shawiya: a-m-suk_i 'jachère' (Laoust 1920, 261-2)

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): a-suk_i (Laoust 1920, 261-2)

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *sVka

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: waste, uncultivated land'

Hausa: šeka 'a piece of waste, uncultivated land inside a compound' (Bargery 1934, 935)

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *sVkw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'field, farm'

Logone: skò 'field, farm' (Jung. CLR, II 135 apud. Bouny)

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