Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: tyšs (AE) 1 ~ tšꜣ (MK) 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mill (fruit)' 1, 'squeeze, mill, break (skull)' 2

Notes: Note -šs < *-č-

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *tiĉ/č-

Meaning: break, squeeze

Egyptian: tyšs (AE) 'mill (fruit)' ~ tšꜣ (MK) 'squeeze, mill, break (skull)'

Western Chadic: *taĉaH- 'grind condiments on millstone' 1, 'thresh' 2, 'break in pieces' 3, 'squeeze' 4

Central Chadic: *tVŝ- 'crash'

East Chadic: *tVĉ- 'break pot'

Omotic: *tič- 'break'

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *taĉaH-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'grind condiments on millstone' 1, 'thresh' 2, 'break in pieces' 3, 'squeeze' 4

Hausa: tísà 1, 2, túsà 2

Karekare: taaḍ- 3 'break' [LkK]

Dera=Kanakuru: tàḍè 3 [NmK]

Geji: tàs̃-kà 3 [Kr N 431]

Bokos: tis 4

Ngizim: tàŝú 3 [ShN]

Bade: taaŝ-ân 3 [Kr N 431]

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *tVŝ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'crush'

Zime-Batna: n-ʒùs̃ [Sa]

Notes: a derivatine in n-, t-> ʒ- due to assim. with a sibilant in auslaut., cf. Mafa ta-tas̃ 'crunch (of a hard thing when being pounded' [BMaf] [croquer un produit dur en le cassant]

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *tVĉ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'break pot'

Ndam: tǝ́sã [CLR: 45]

Lele: tēsí [CLR]

Kabalai: tǝsǝ́ [CLR]

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *tič-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'break'

Kafa (Kaficho): tičč-, tiš-

Mocha: tiiččii

Bworo (Shinasha): tic-

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