Egyptian etymology : List with all references

Old Egyptian: ḳʕḥ (MK)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: '(upper) arm, shoulder, elbow'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *kʷaʕVḥ-

Meaning: joint; shoulder

Semitic: *kʷaʕ-(t-) 'joint; wrist; ankle'

Egyptian: ḳʕḥ (MK) '(upper) arm, shoulder, elbow' (?)

South Cushitic: *kwaḥ- 'shoulder'

Notes: Changes caused by incompatibility rules. In Sem, ʕ and ḥ are incompatible, in Eg, k is incompatible both with ʕ and ḥ. Cf. EDE I 281; Bla Review 502.

Number: 2610

Proto-Semitic: *kʷaʕ-(t-)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: joint; ankle; foot

Syrian Aramaic: kōʕā 'articulus' [Brock 323]

Arabic: kāʕ-, kūʕ- 'condyle, surtout os de la main qui touche au puce ou au doigt articulaire; os de la cheville du pied, extrémité de l'os zind' [BK 2 944]

Amharic: kotte 'foot, hoof (of a horse)' [K 1426]; cf. kati 'Achilles tendon' [ibid.]

Gurage: SOD kotte 'hoof' [LGur 1075]

Notes: Otherwise *ku/aʕ-(t-). A tentative reconstruction of labiovelar relies on the comparison with ETH: AMH kʷätte, kotte, SEL WOL kotte, CHA GYE kʷäte etc. 'trace, track, footprint' [LGur 356]. Though, according to Leslau [ibid.], borrowed from Cushitic, these examples cannot be homonymous and unrelated to the terms meaning 'foot, hoof' in AMH and SOD, while a normal semantic shift is 'foot, hoof' > 'trace, footprint', and not vice versa. Hence, the AMH and SOD examples meaning 'hoof, foot', as well as other ETH forms with a derived meaning 'trace, etc.' are well comparable, both semantically and phonetically (<*kʷätt <*kʷaʕ-t- or <*kawVʕ-t- <*kuʕ-t-?), to the SYR and ARB data.

[Brock 323]: SYR,ARB

Proto-South Cushitic: *kwaḥ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'shoulder'

Iraqw (Mbulu): kwaḥa

Alagwa (Wasi): kwaḥu

Burunge (Mbulungi): kwaḥa

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