Semitic etymology :

Number: 1758

Proto-Semitic: *wVsVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'remind' 1, 'teach, instruct' 2

Akkadian: asāru1

Ugaritic: wsr 2

Hebrew: ysr 2

Notes: Derivative in *wV-. Note that, semantically, Sem verb is a causative in relation to Eg and CCh.

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *car-

Meaning: know

Semitic: *wVsVr- 'remind' 1, 'teach, instruct' 2

Central Chadic: *c/sar- 'remember' 1 , 'look, search' 2

East Chadic: *sVr- 'see' (?)

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *c/sar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'remember' 1 , 'look, search' 2

Mofu-Gudur: -sǝr- 1 [BMof]

Masa: sàr 2 [CC] regarder, chercher

Mesme: sar 1 [Kr N 390]

Notes: in Mofu also 'to know", most probably due to contamination with *sVn- 'to know' (-r < *-n is possible)

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *[S]Vr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'see'

Jegu: ser [??]

Notes: Cf. Bidiya čo-čor 'inaperc̯u'.

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