Semitic etymology :

Number: 1950

Proto-Semitic: *skk 1, *sikk-at- 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to harrow 1, harrowed land 2

Akkadian: šakāku 'to harrow' OA, OB on (CAD š1, 113), šikkatu 'harrowed land' OB (Ibid. š2 433)

Epigraphic South Arabian: (?) Sab. s₁kt, a proper name (in: ʔhl ḥrt_ s₁ktn Conti Rossini 1931, 195; my interpretation of s₁k-t as 'plough' or 'harrow' and the whole context as 'folk ploughing with a plough or harrow' is highly hypothetic)

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *skk, *swk, *skw/y/ʔ

Meaning: to cultivate, to hoe and sow

Semitic: *skk 'to harrow', *sikk-at- 'harrowed land'

Berber: *sVkka/i(-t) 'plow'

Egyptian: *skʔ 'to plow', *sky 'to sow'

Western Chadic: *swk ~ *skw 'to sow, reap corn, hoe, plow'

Central Chadic: *sak-'sow cotton'

East Chadic: *masakwa 'millet'

Omotic: *swk 'to sow', *sukk- 'seed'

Notes: Probably related to *sVkay/w- 'land not cultivated actually, fallow' Cf. CCh *(ma-)sa(n)kwa 'sorghum'.

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *sVkka/i(-t)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'plow'

Ntifa: Zmr., Iger. sǝkka, Tfl. ta-skki-t 'soc de la charru' (Laoust 1920, 282, 285)

Mzab: skkǝ-t 'charru', skka 'labourer' (Laoust 1920, 282, 285)

Notes: all these forms may, or may not, be Arb. loans, cf. Arb. sikkat- 'soc de la charru' BK 1, 1112, likely borrowed from Arm. sikkat- 'peg, nail, ploughshare', cf. Kaufman 1974, 91, stemming from Sem. *sikk-at- < Afras. *cikk-at-, the root different from *skk/ʔ

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: skꜣ 1, st_y 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'pflügen (mit dem Pflug, mit der Hacke)' Pyr. (EG IV, 315-16), 'der Ertrag der Feldbestellung, die Ernte' MK (Ibid. 316) 1, 'säen, ausstreuen' Pyr. (Ibid. 346)

Coptic: *sk'ay

Bohairic: sk'ai

Sahidic: skai

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *swk ~ *skw

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to sow, reap corn, hoe, plow'

Hausa: (šū́kà 'to sow (i.e. place seed in ground and cover with soil)' = šibka not related) (Bargery 1934, 944), sàkwa-mī (mī is an instrumental suffix) 'a long-handled hoe used at sowing time' (Ibid. 888), soke 'to reap corn by uprooting the whole plant with a special instrument' (Ibid. 951)

Sura: bigsak 'to hoe, plow' (Stolbova 1987, 177)

Tangale: suk 'to plow' (Stolbova 1987, 177)

Notes: Acc. to Stolbova 1987, 177 <*sak(w)-. Cf. *(ma-)sakw- 'corn grown in dry season' (a deverbal noun): W.: Hs. masakuwa 'sorghum sp. (grown in dry season)' (Skinner 1996, 198)

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *sak-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'sow cotton'

Zime-Batna: sák [Sa]

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *masakwa

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'millet'

Lele: masakwa 'mil de saison sèche' (Skinner 1996, 198)

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *swk 1, *sukk- 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to sow' 1, 'seed' 2

Kafa (Kaficho): šok 'to sow' (Lamberti 1993, 374-5)

Mocha: šòkki 'seed' (Leslau 1959, 50)

Bworo (Shinasha): šookà 'Saat; Same' (Lamberti 1993, 374-5)

Sheko: šookk- 'säen' (Lamberti 1993, 374-5)

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