Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *yaʔ-/*yiʔ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'back'

Margi: yì (Ho)

Mandara=Wandala: yī́-ga [Mo]

Logone: ya-hǝ́ [LLog]

Notes: Ch - Eg comparison is valid only if -hV and -gV are considered to be a body-parts suffix, and Eg -ꜣ- is not from *r or *l. On the other hand, Ch-Agaw may probably go back to *yVHʷV.

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *yiʔ- (?)

Meaning: back

Egyptian: ỉꜣ.t (AE) 'back' (?)

Central Chadic: *yaʔ-/*yiʔ- 'back'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *yiw- 'small of the back, waist'

Notes: Not quite reliable.

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: (?) ỉꜣ.t (OE)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'back'

Coptic: *ỉūʔat (Vyc 1983, 248)

Notes: Cf. (Gr) ỉwꜣy.t 'neck' EG I 49). Otherwise <*ʔir-t.

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *yiw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'small of the back, waist'

Qwara: yewi

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