Egyptian etymology : List with all references

Old Egyptian: ḥnn

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'penis' (pyr)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḥanVn-

Meaning: penis, testicles

Semitic: *ḥann-at- '(feminine) genital organ; uterus'

Egyptian: ḥnn 'penis' (pyr)

Central Chadic: *Hamun- 'penis' - Cf.

Low East Cushitic: *ḥenin- 'testicles'

Notes: Dissimilation in CCh. ?

Number: 1922

Proto-Semitic: *ḥann-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: (feminine) genital organ, uterus

Aramaic: OFF ḥn 'vagina' [HJ 387] (uncertain)

Syrian Aramaic: ḥannā 'sinus; penis; cunnus, vagina' [Brock 242]; ḥannūtā 'uterus' [ibid.]

Mandaic Aramaic: (?) hana 'privy parts', also 'lap, loins, embrace' [DM 124].

One cannot be sure whether this is derived from *ḥann- or should be interpreted in the same way as the JUD example below

Arabic: ḥann-at- 'femme, épouse' [BK 1 499].

A semantic shift well attested in SEM (cf. Introduction) and elsewhere

Tigre: ḥǝnot 'foetus' [LH 85], ḥannä 'to be with child' [ibid. 84]; cf. ḥante 'lap, the lower parts' [ibid. 83] (<*ḥan-t-ay)

Notes: Scarcely attested and semantically diverse, though supported by AFRASIAN data.

Note that ARM: JUD ḥēnā 'lap, bosom' [Ja 481] is rather from *ḥayn- <*ḥaʔn- <*ḥaʕn- <*ḥaṣ̂n- {} *ḥaĉ̣n- (No. ). The same process seems to be assumed in [Brock 242] and [DM 124] for the respective SYR and MND forms, which at least for SYR is rather doubtful in view of the gemination of -n- and the -a- vocalism of the base.

[Maizel 222]

Proto-CChadic: *Hamun-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'penis'

Mbara: hùm(ù)này [TMba]

Logone: ɣumni [Lk]

Musgu: ḥámɔn

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ḥenin-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'testicles'

Somali: ḥeeniin

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