South Cushitic etymology :

Proto-South Cushitic: *ʔa-gogeš-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'uncle'

Asa-Aramanic: agogeš

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *g(ʷ)ayĉ- ~ *ʔa-n-guĉ-

Meaning: chief by inheritance

Semitic: gyŝ 'collect tribesmen for battle or help' ~ *ngŝ 'to collect tribute; to rule'

Berber: *-gazzVy- 'nephew, sister's son/daughter, grand son/daughter; sister's posterity'

Central Chadic: *ma-nVgaĉ- 'bridegroom'

Low East Cushitic: *ʔu-gas- 'tribal chief' ~ *ha-ngas- 'eldest son, first-born son, father's heir'

High East Cushitic: *gos- 'kinship, common ancestor, relatives' 1, 'God, master' 2

South Cushitic: *ʔa-gogeš- 'uncle'

Omotic: *(ʔan-)gus/š- 'man' 1, 'first-born son' 2

Semitic etymology :

Number: 41

Proto-Semitic: *gyŝ ~ *ngŝ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'collect tribesmen for battle or help' ~ 'to collect tribute; to rule'

Hebrew: ngŝ 'to collect (offerings); force to work (people)'; pt. 'slave-driver; tyrant', pl. 'ruling body'

Arabic: niǯāš- 'ruler'; nǯš 'ê. le compère de qn. dans (une vente)'

Epigraphic South Arabian: ngŝ 'to impose tribute', ngŝwn 'king's title'; gys₂ 'unit, detachment' SD 52

Geʕez (Ethiopian): nǝguŝ LGz 392

Tigre: nägsä 'to be the king (negus)'

Amharic: gʷäsa, gosa 'race, tribe, people' Baet 1050 (LGur 297-8: < Cu)

Harari: gīsti 'mistress of the house LGur 298 (also gifti <Oromo?)

Gurage: Cha gaše, Eža Muh Sod gašše form of address to an elder brother LGur 299; cf. gʷäsa 'kinship, common ancestor, relatives, social class' (LGur 297-8: < Cu); *gist 'lady, respectable old lady; a fwm. spirit that possesses a person' (ibid. 298)

Jibbali: s̃ǝ-gēŝ 'collect (tribe for battle, etc.), s̃ǝ-gyéŝ 'go and ask one's fellow-tribesmen to come and help' (otherwise < 1029

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *-gazzVy-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'nephew, sister's son/daughter, grand son/daughter; sister's posterity'

Ayr: te-găze, pl. ši-gǝzz

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): te-gǝhe, pl. ti-ḡǝhiw-în

Tawllemmet: te-găze, pl. ti-gǝzza

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *ma-nVgaĉ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bridegroom'

Gisiga: ma-ngaŝ [LGis]

Mada: ma-kas̃ [BMad]

Notes: note regressive devoicing in Mada

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ʔu-gas- 1, *ha-ngas- 2, 3

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'tribal chief'1, 'eldest son' 2, 'first-born son, father's heir' 3

Somali: ugaas 1

Oromo (Galla): (h)angafa 2 (Gragg), angafu 3; cf. gosa 'kind, variety, tribe, group, people, class' (<Amh gʷäsa 'thnic group, tribe'?) Gr 183

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *gos-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kinship, common ancestor, relatives' 1, 'God, master' 2

Darasa (Gedeo): gosa LGur 298 (meanings taken from those in Gur)

Hadiya (Gudella): gōšta 2 LGur 299

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *(ʔan-)gus/š-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'man' 1, 'first-born son' 2

Ometo: angussaa (Cer 199: Zaisse angussō 'fratello maggiore') 2

Bworo (Shinasha): nuŋguša [Fl], nuguššá [Lmb Sh] 1

Dizi (Maji): ñakus 1

Dime: goštu <*gʷiĉ-t- 1

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