Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: nyꜣ-w

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'Steinbock, ibex' OK E-G II, 202

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nayal-

Meaning: a wild hoofed animal

Semitic: *nayal- 'antelope'

Egyptian: *nVyl 'stone goat'

Low East Cushitic: *nayl- 'lamb' (?)

Notes: EDE I, 80 (Akk, Tgr; Eg nyꜣ.w); Bl. Beja 21 (Akk, Tgr; Eg)

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2479

Proto-Semitic: *na(ya)l-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: a wild hoofed animal

Akkadian: nayalu (nālu) 'roe deer' Mari, SB [CAD n1 152], [AHw. 725]. The earliest attestation come from OB Mari (4 na-lu ARM 7 91:1, ḳarnāt na-li ARMT 13 55:6). In later periods, only plene writings (na-a-lu, na-aya-lu) are known. Remarkably, n. almost always appear together with ayyalu and is equated to it in lexi- cal lists. Further details see in [Salonen Jagd 219], [Landsber- ger Fauna 99].

Tigre: nälät 'she-antelope (koodoo, Strepsiceros capensis)' [LH 232] (cf. also noli 'he-goat with a big head' [ibid.]).

Amharic: niyala 'mountain antelope' [K 1054].

Notes: [Leslau Cognates 21]: Akk., Tgr.

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *nayl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'lamb'

Somali: nayl Abr Som 187

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