Semitic etymology : List with all references

Number: 1952

Proto-Semitic: *ǯrr/w/y/ʔ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to scatter, spread (seed), winnow'

Akkadian: zarû 'to sow seed broadcast; scatter, sprinkle; winnow' OB on (CAD z, 70)

Hebrew: zry 'to scatter, winnow' (HAL, 280)

Judaic Aramaic: dry, drʔ 'to scatter, strew; winnow' (Ja., 322), zry, zrʔ 'to scatter' (Ibid., 413; likely borrowed from Hbr.)

Syrian Aramaic: drʔ 'sparsit, dispersit', madrǝyā 'vannus' (Brock., 165)

Mandaic Aramaic: DRA 'to scatter (e.g. the yearly harvest, the seed)' (DM, 114)

Arabic: d_ry/w 'vanner, nettoyer (le grain) en le lanc̣ant au vent avec une pelle ou avec un van' (BK 1, 771)

Geʕez (Ethiopian): zarawa 'to scatter, spread around, disperse' (LGz., 644)

Tigrai (Tigriñña): zäräwä 'to scatter', (ʔa)zräwä, (ʔa)zräyä 'to winnow' (LGz., 644)

Amharic: (a)zärra 'to winnow,scatter' (LGz., 644)

Harari: (a)zōra 'to winnow' (Leslau 1963, 167)

Gurage: *(a)zärä 'to winnow grain by letting it fall from above the head' (LGur., 713)

Mehri: d_ǝr 'to spread out; to spread (gravy, curry, seed)' (JM, 47)

Jibbali: d_err 'to spread out', d_ɔ́ttɔr 'to be spread around (as, e.g., rice, sugar)' (JJ, 47; -t- stem)

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ǯrr/w/y/ʔ ~ *wǯr

Meaning: to scatter, spread (seed), winnow

Semitic: *d_rr/w/y/ʔ 'to scatter, spread (seed), winnow'

Berber: *uzzar 'to winnow'

Egyptian: *ǯVr-w-t ?

East Chadic: *ǯ[a]r- 'throw'

Notes: (related to, or contaminated with, *ʒVry/ʔ/ʕ- ~ *ǯVry/ʔ/ʕ 'seed, sowing, sown field', *ǯry/w/ʔ/ʕ ~ *ʒry/wʔ/ʕ 'to sow, cultivate'?)

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *uzzar

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to winnow'

Ayr: uzzar 'ê. versé sur le sol ou sur une natte pour que le vent emportes les débris de paille/les déchets/la poussière (grains des céréales, après le battage); ê. versé (en général)' (Alojaly 1980, 216)

Tawllemmet: uzzar 'ê. versé sur le sol ou sur une natte pour que le vent emportes les débris de paille/les déchets/la poussière (grains des céréales, après le battage); ê. versé (en général)' (Alojaly 1980, 216)

Ntifa: a-z-úzzǝr 'le vannage; action de séparer le grain de la paille broyée en le lanc̣ant en l'air à l'aide d'une fourche, puis d'une pelle'

Izdeg: Zkara s-úzzǝr 'vanner', Zmr. a-zu-zǝr 'vannage' (Laoust 1920, 392)

Snus: s-úzzǝr 'vanner' (Laoust 1920, 392)

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): a-zu-zǝr 'vannage' (Laoust 1920, 392)

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: dy.w.t (<*ǯVr-w-t ?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'Arbeiterin auf dem Gut bei der Ernte: Worflerin` OK (EG, V 421)

Notes: For Eg. d ~ Sem. d_ <Afras. *ǯ, cf.: Eg. ỉdn 'ear' OK ~ Sem. *ʔud_n- id.; Eg. dbḥ '(food) offering' MK ~ Sem. *d_Vbḥ- 'sacrifice' ~ Ch. E.: Bid. ziib 'faire les premiers sacrifices avant de manger les nouvelles récoltes' ~ Cu. E.: Som. dabaaḥ 'to slaughter'; Eg. db 'jackal' CT, zꜣb id. OK ~ Sem. *d_iʔb- 'wolf, jackal', cf. Takács 1999, 248, 318; Worflerin (так в EG) - ошиб. вместо Worfelin`?