High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *gad-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'age group, generation'

Burji (Bambala, Dashe): gada

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *gad-

Meaning: old age group; elder

Semitic: *gadd- 'grandfather, ancestor'

East Chadic: *gaḍ- (<*gaHad-) 'old'

High East Cushitic: *gad- 'age group, generation'

South Cushitic: *gad- 'old man'

Notes: Cf. 1287 *gi/ud- 'to be big, many'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1612

Proto-Semitic: *gadd-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'grandfather, ancestor'

Arabic: gadd- 'grandfather, ancestor', gdd [-a-] 'be considerable, be respectable (of men)'

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *gaḍ- (<*gaHad-)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'old'

Mobu (dial. Kwang): gāḍ-átē [Jg]

Ngam (dial. Kwang): gaḍe [Bn?]

South Cushitic etymology :

Proto-South Cushitic: *gad-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'old man'

Alagwa (Wasi): (?) gar-mo

Burunge (Mbulungi): gad-uwa

Notes: Ehr HRSC 297. If Alg reflects a different root *garVm- it might be compared with CCh *gurVm- 'become old': Mofu gurm.

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