Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *ʔiwar- ~ *ʔiraw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'seed, corn, bean, nut'

Malgwa: wira 'millet' (Skinner 1966, 83)

Mofu-Gudur: Mada ire 'semence' Barreteau & Brunet 2000, 231), úwwár 'Mucuna pruriens (Fabaceae)' (Ibid., 267)

Fali Jilvu: *ʔyar 'millet' (Skinner 1966, 83)

Bachama: warey 'groundnuts' (Skinner 1966, 176)

Lame: ʔurū 'millet' (Skinner 1996, 46)

Banana: ira 'seed' (Skinner 1966, 117)

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔary/w- ~ *(ʔV)w/yar-

Meaning: corn, seed, beans

Semitic: *ʔarw/y- 'edible plant'

Berber: *Hawr-an/*Harw-an 'flour, meal' (?)

Egyptian: ỉwry 'bean'

Western Chadic: *ʔVr- 'seed'

Central Chadic: *ʔiwar- ~ *ʔiraw- 'seed, corn, bean, nut'

East Chadic: *ʔa/irway- 'corn, seed'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *ar- 'corn, crop'

Omotic: *yār- 'seed'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2577

Proto-Semitic: *ʔarw/y-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: edible plant

Hebrew: ʔōrōt (pl.) 'mallow, Malva rotundifolia (edible)' (KB 25); ʔōrōt (pl.) 'mallow, Malva rotundifolia (edible)' (KB 25)

Arabic: ʔary- 'manne, substance végétale qui s'épaissit sur les feuilles des arbres' (BK 1, 27)

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *Hawr-an/*Harw-an

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'farine'

Ghadames: ab_er-n

Siwa: ar-en

Audjila: (a)b_ru-n

Izayan: ar-n

Mzab: EA wir-en

Shawiya: ar-en

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): awr-en

Canarian: Ten. a-hor-en 'farine d'orge rôti' Wölfel, 516

Notes: Kossm., 92. b_ in Ghdms. and Audj. vs. w/0 in NBrb. may reflect a laryngeal in the vicinity of *w

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: ỉwry

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'Bohne' MK (EG I 56)

Coptic: (SF) aro 'fève' (Vycichl 1983, 15)

Notes: Cf. ỉry.t (18) 'corn (as donation)'

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *ʔVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: seed '

Hausa: Hausa +írī̀

Bolewa: ʔàrè 1 [Luk]

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *ʔa/irway-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'corn, seed'

Kera: arway 'graines poussant vite' (Skinner 1996, 117)

Dangla: yòrwò 2 [Fd] 'sorghum' (Skinner 1996, 83), cf. ēra 'noyau du fruit du palmier-doum' (Ibid., 179)

Bidiya: cf. wēro 'noyau de jonc' (Skinner 1996, 179)

Sokoro: yḗri [Lk: 43] 'corn'

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *ar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'corn, crop'

Bilin: ar 'Korn, Getreide, Feldfruchte' 'Korn, Getreide, Feldfruchte' (Reinisch 1887, 44)

Khamir: ar 'Korn, Getreide, Feldfruchte' (Reinisch 1887, 44)

Qwara: ar 'Korn, Getreide, Feldfruchte' (Reinisch 1887, 44)

Dembea: ar 'Korn, Getreide, Feldfruchte' (Reinisch 1887, 44)

Awiya (Aungi): ar 'Korn, Getreide, Feldfruchte' (Reinisch 1887, 44)

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *yār-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'seed'

Kafa (Kaficho): yāro 'seed' (Skinner 1996, 290)

Mocha: yāro 'seed' (Skinner 1996, 290)

Nao: yāro 'seed' (Skinner 1996, 290)

East Mao (Diddesa): S. yāro 'seed' (Skinner 1996, 290)

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