Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *ḳʷVrʔad-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'tick'

Bilin: ḳʷǝrʔada (< Eth or > Eth?)

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳ(ʷ)ird-

Meaning: tick, scorpion

Semitic: *ḳʷird/ṭ(aʕ)- ~ *ṭariḳay- ~ *ṭaḳur(ay)- 'mite, tick; wasp'

Berber: *(H)iḳird-am 'scorpion'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *ḳʷVrʔad- 'tick' (< Eth or > Eth?)

High East Cushitic: *tarḳ- 'flea' (dissim. <*ṭarḳ-?)

Mogogodo (Yaaku): (?) ṭɛŋkɛlɛi 'wasp'

Omotic: (?) *danḳuw- 'tick'

Notes: Cf. Diak-St-Mil 24 (Brb. and Bil; further compared to Hausa ḳwaro and Sem. *ʕaḳrab- 'scorpion'); Dolg AAN 20a (Arb., Tgr., Tna; Bil > Tgr ḳʷärʔäday, Tna ḳʷärʔädät). Cf. Hausa ḳwaro 'insect', ḳwaḳwatā̀ 'louse'.

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2462

Proto-Semitic: *ḳʷird/ṭ(aʕ)- ~ *ṭariḳay- ~ *ṭaḳur(ay)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: mite, tick; wasp

Judaic Aramaic: ḳardā 'abdominal pain caused by a parasitic worm' [Ja. 1412]; ṭǝrīḳayyā 'a sort of wasps' [ibid. 554] (cf. [Levy WT I 322]).

Syrian Aramaic: ḳerdā 'ricinus' [Brock. 693], [PS 3730] ('animaliculum oves, boves etc. infestans').

Arabic: ḳurd- 'teigne qui attaque les chevaux, les chameaux; ver qui se met dans les cuirs, dans les peaux, et les ronge' [BK 2 709], [LA 1956 14 348]; ḳirda/iʕ- 'louse (living on camels and hens)', ḳarṭaʕ-, ḳirṭiʕ- id., ḳurdūʕ- 'small ant'

Tigre: ḳʷärʔǝd 'tick' [Rein Bil 242]

Tigrai (Tigriñña): ḳʷärʔǝdǝt 'tick' [Rein Bil 242]; ṭäḳäray 'specie di mosca che fa un miele molto ricerca- to; ordinariamente mielifica nelle spaccature delle euforbie' [Bass. 907] (note also ṭǝrḳä 'bees living in an inaccessible cave' [K Tna 2427])

Amharic: ṭǝḳur (in ṭǝḳur ǝnziz) 'hornet' [K 1228].

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *(H)iḳirdam

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'scorpion'

Ghadames: cf. tašarḍemt

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): éɣîrdem, pl. iɣôrdâm

Semlal: iɣirdem, pl. iɣardmiun

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): Mngl iɣirdem

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *tarḳ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'flea'

Burji (Bambala, Dashe): tarḳ-ée

Notes: Sas Bur 176-7 ("there are several similar words around, though none seems to fit exactly: Or. tafk-ii, E.Or. tayf-i and Som. tagf-i 'id.' point to a root *takf-. Cf. also Som. takar 'gadfly; camelfly; horsefly'")

Mogogodo etymology :

Mogogodo: ṭɛŋkɛlɛi (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: wasp, cuckoo (chrysididae)

Notes: Hei Ya 137

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *danḳuw- (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'tick'

Wolamo (Wolaitta): danḳuw-a

Gamo (Gemu): danḳo

Ari: danḳo

Notes: Lamb Wol 345

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