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Saho-Afar etymology :

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Proto-Saho-Afar: *gurdum-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'gorge, throat'
Saho: durgŭmā́ (met.)
Afar (Danakil): gŭrdumḗ
Notes: Rein Afar 852
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *gʷar(i)d-
Meaning: neck, throat
Semitic: *gar(i)d- 'back of neck'
Saho-Afar: *gurdum- 'gorge, throat'
Notes: Cf. *ḳard- ~ *garṭ- 'neck'.
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 2578
Proto-Semitic: *gar(i)d-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: back of neck
Arabic: ǧarad- 'dos' [BK 1 276], ʔaǧrad- 'dos' [ibid. 277] (with the ʔa- prefix).

    Note ǧrdḥ 'allonger le cou' [ibid.] with -ḥ hard to explain

Tigre: ǯärid '(muscles of the) neck' [LH 550].

    Though ǯ- is thought to signal an Arabism, probably an inherited term in view of a difference in meaning and vocalism

East Ethiopic: SEL gǝrdid 'nape of neck' [LGur 291]
Notes: Scarcely attested in ARB and MOD ETH only.

    Cf. *ḳard-, SED No. 166

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