Low East Cushitic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *kurs(an)-t-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kneecap' 1, 'knee' 2

Rendille: kursánte 1

Arbore: kursat 2 (Hayward)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *kurcVʕ-

Meaning: tarsus; knee

Semitic: *kursū/iʕ- '(meta)tarsus, fetlock'

Low East Cushitic: *kurs(an)-t- 'kneecap' 1, 'knee' 2

Number: 2611

Proto-Semitic: *kursū/iʕ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: (meta)tarsus, fetlock

Akkadian: kursinnu 'fetlock, lower leg' OB on [CAD K 566], [AHw 511] (<*kursiʕ-n-?)

Syrian Aramaic: (?) karsūʕā 'articulus' [Brock 348].

Brockelmann asks whether it is from ARB; cf., however, difference in the first syllable vocalism

Mandaic Aramaic: (?) kursiat, in k. anpia 'Nasenbein' (marked as "doubtful") [DM 209 apud Nöldeke]

Arabic: kursūʕ- 'saille de l'os zind- à l'extrémité du petit doigt qui touche la main, os à l'extrémité du tarse du pied appelé waẓīf- (chez les animaux)' [BK 2 885].

Cf. karsūḥ- 'pouce' [ibid.], a variant root with ʕ/ḥ

Notes: Vocalic reconstruction provisional.

The coincidence in meaning of AKK and ARB is somewhat striking; the ARM (SYR and MND) examples are questioned in the corresponding dictionaries without giving any reasons.

Cf. *ḳVrc̣Vll- 'ankle' (No. ); *kʷirnāʕ- 'knee with a shin' (No. ).

[Holma 148] AKK (transcribed as ḳursinnu and compared to HBR and ARM froms of the ḳVrVs/ṣl- type)

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