Semitic etymology : List with all references

Number: 2051

Proto-Semitic: *gVd(V)l-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: limb

Hebrew: PB (?) gūdāl 'thumb, great toe' [Ja 218], ʔăgūdāl do. [ibid. 11] (with the ʔa- prefix)

Arabic: ǧadl-, ǧidl- 'membre quelconque du corps; verge, penis; tendon (des mains ou des jambes); os entier, non facturé' [BK 1 266]

Mehri: gēdǝl (gǝdǝ́wwǝl, ḥǝgdōl) 'foot' [JM 114]

Jibbali: gɛ́dǝl (gdɔ̄l) 'foot' [JJ 71]

Harsusi: gédel 'foot' [JH 38]

Notes: Scarce though reliable attestation.

Cf. *ga/ud- '(part or bone of) the leg of animal' (No. ); one wonders if the present root may be related with suffixed -l.

The HBR PB examples (above) may alternatively be derived from gādal 'to be high, large' [ibid. 212] and then unrelated to this root, or semantically influenced by the latter. Cf. AA *gad- 'foot'

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