East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *digin-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'sorgho'

Bidiya: dìg̀ino [JBid]

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *da/ingw-

Meaning: k. of beans; corn

Semitic: *dVng(ʷ)- 'beans' ~ *dagan- 'corn, grain' (met. or <*dag-an-)

Berber: *digi(n) 'leguminous plant' (~ *dang-aw 'corn barn' ?)

Egyptian: *dVg(V)w 'grain'

Western Chadic: *dangw- ' corn, gruel'

East Chadic: *digin- 'sorgho'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *bal-dangw- 'beans' (?)

Saho-Afar: *bal/r-dangw- 'beans' (?)

Notes: Cf. *(ʔa)da/ingʷ(-Vr/l)- 'beans, leguminous plants; corn'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2565

Proto-Semitic: *dVng(ʷ)- 1 ~ *dagan- 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 1 - 'beans', 2 'corn, grain'

Ugaritic: dgn 'grano, trigo' (DLU, 130)

Phoenician: dgn 'corn, grain' (HAL, 214)

Hebrew: dāgān 'corn, grain' (HAL, 214)

Aramaic: Arm.-Eg. dgn 'corn, grain' (HAL, 214)

Soqotri: dengo 'haricots' (LS, 130).

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *digi(n) - 1 (~ *dang-aw - 2?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 1- 'leguminous plant' (~ 2 - 'corn barn'?)

Ayr: te-dăngăw-t 'grenier de céréales' (Alojaly 1980, 24)

Tawllemmet: ta-dǝgin-it 'Bauhinia rufescens (gousses noires)' Nicolas 1957, 37

Zenaga: ti-d_īgi-d 'caroube, haricot' (Nicolas 1953, 265; <*ti-digi-t)

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: dd_w < *dVg(V)w

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kind of grain' OK (Faulkner 1962, 314; cf. EG V, 502)

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *dangw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'corn, gruel'

Hausa: dangwa-mi 'a gruel made with the mealy pulp found inside locust-bean pods' (Bargery 1934, 219)

Angas: tang 'corn' (HSED, No. 620)

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *bal-dangw- (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: bean

Bilin: baldanguā́ 'Bohne, Faba' Rein. Bil., 78

Notes: > or < Tgr.

Saho-Afar etymology :

Proto-Saho-Afar: *bal/r-dangw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'beans'

Saho: bardanguā, baldangā 'eine bestimmte Bohnengattung' Rein. Saho, 86

Notes: otherwise < Tgr.

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