Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *ʔadangʷal-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bean'

Bilin: adängʷal 'bean' (LGur., 17), 'Bohne' Rein. 1887, 15; adagalā́ 'eine essbare Pflanzensorte' (Ti Tna däggäla) Rein. 1887, 13 (Tgr., Tna (poet.) 'a sort of corn growing wild; Eleusine aegyptiaca' LH 385)

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *(ʔa-)dang(w)Vl-

Meaning: corn; beans

Semitic: *ʔa-dangal- 'beans; wild corn' ~ *dalgʷ-am- 'sorghum; porridge' ADD?

Western Chadic: *dVgwVl- 'gruel'

Central Chadic: *ʔV-di(n)gVl- 'stalk of millet'

East Chadic: *dagalw- 'nut'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *ʔadangʷal- 'bean'

Low East Cushitic: *dangʷal- 'bean'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2567

Proto-Semitic: *ʔa-dangal- 1 ~ *dalgʷ-am- 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'beans; wild corn' 1, 'sorghum; porridge' 2

Geʕez (Ethiopian): dǝlgʷǝmmā 'porridge' (LGz., 131)

Amharic: dälgʷäm 'a variety of sorghum' (LGz., 131)

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *dVgwVl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'gruel'

Karekare: dǝ̀gwǝ̀lì 'gruel' (Kraft)

Notes: Cf. also *dank/gali 'sweet potato', probably related to this root: Hs. dànkalī̀, Ngm. dǝ̀ŋkǝlì, Ngz. dǝ̀nkǝlì, Bade dàngalîn (Kraft).

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *ʔV-di(n)gVl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'stalk of millet'

Mofu-Gudur: Mada édìŋgèl 'tige de mil (dont on a coupé l'épi)' (Barreteau & Brunet 2000, 93; with *ʔV- prefixed?). Cf. 'sweet potato' (Kraft): Pi. dǝ̀nkǝlì, Bura dǝ̀ŋgàli,

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *dagalw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'nut'

Migama: dágàláàwé 'noix de palmeir doum' (Jungraithmayr & Adams 1992, 76; metathetic <*dagwal-?)

Notes: cf. 'sweet potato': Mrg. dànkalì (and dǝ̀nkǝrí), Gudu dànkálì, Bnn. dankalina (Kraft; another possibility is the borrowing of this term from Hs. to some or even all of the W. and C. Ch. languages)

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *dangʷal-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bean'

Oromo (Galla): daangulle 'bean' (LGur., 17)

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