Omotic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Omotic: *gVdiy-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: foot

Wolamo (Wolaitta): gediy^a

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *gad-

Meaning: foot

Semitic: *ga/ud-at- '(part or bone of the) leg of animal'

Omotic: *gVdiy- 'foot'

Number: 2049

Proto-Semitic: *gVd-at-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: (part or bone of the) leg of animal

Akkadian: gudgudātu (pl. of redupl. stem) 'part of the lower leg of a quadruped' MA [CAD g 119].

Translated as 'Seitenzehe v Tieren?' in [AHw 295]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔagadā 'thighbone, shinbone, tibia, leg, large bone of the leg, shoulder of animal' [LGz 11]

Tigre: gǝdet 'a piece of meat (severed from the bone); shoulder-blade' [LH 602]

Amharic: agäda 'leg (of a man), hind leg (of a cow), bone of the upper arm or the shin bone' [K 1331]; agʷäda 'hoof, foot' [ibid.]. Cf. gǝd 'name of a cut of meat, filet; jawbone' [ibid. 2035] (cf. the same meaning in TGR)

Gafat: agat 'bras' [LGaf 173]

Gurage: ENN END agad, CHA EŽA GYE MUH MAS GOG SOD agat 'arm above the elbow, shoulder, shoulder blade' [LGur 28].

According to Leslau [ibid. 24], agad represents agat which is a Cushitism [ibid. 28]; at least the first assertion is incorrect (see AMH -d-)

Notes: Otherwise *gʷad-at-.

Only AKK (redupl.) and ETH supported, however, by AFRASIAN data (above).

Note that all ETH forms except TGR take ʔa-prefix corresponding to *ʔa- prefix in part of AFRASIAN forms.

Cf. ETH forms with suffixed -n, likely related with a meaning shift: TNA gʷǝdǝni 'costato, fianco, costola' [Bass 884], AMH gʷädǝn 'side, flank, rib' [K 2046], EAST: ZWY godǝn, GUR: GOG gʷädin, GOG SOD godin 'rib' [LGur 264]

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