West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *ĉadaH- or *ĉaHad-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to hoe, cultivate'

Warji: ŝaḍ-

Kariya: ŝeyaŝeḍǝ (redupl.)

Miya: ŝaḍ-

Pa'a: ŝaḍu

Siri: ŝaḍa

Notes: all Skinner 1977, 26; see Stolbova 1987, 200

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ĉdd ~ *ĉdʔ/*ĉʔd

Meaning: to hoe (border-furrows); measure/survey and apportion field-plots

Semitic: *ŝdd ~ *ŝʔd 'to hoe border-furrows; to measure a field, distribute plots'

Egyptian: šdỉ (<*ĉdʔ) 'to apportion field-plots'

Western Chadic: *ĉadaH- or *ĉaHad- 'to hoe, cultivate'

East Chadic: *ĉVddVH- or *ĉVHVdd- 'harvest' 1, 'harvest by cutting with a knife' 2

Notes: related to *ĉadw/y- 'a (measured) plot of open country, cultivated land'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1937

Proto-Semitic: *ŝdd ~ *ŝʔd

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to hoe border-furrows; to measure a field, distribute plots

Akkadian: šadādu 'to measure, survey a field' OAkk. on (CAD š1, 27; AHw, 1121)

Hebrew: ŝdd (pi.) 'to harrow, plough border-furrows' (HAL, 1306), pB. ŝad 'furrow' (Ja., 1523)

Judaic Aramaic: sdd (pa.) 'to plough' (HAL, 1306)

Harari: seʔada to distribute', šiǯa (-ǯ- <*-d-) 'part, share'

Gurage: *sādä 'to distribute, give a share' (LGur., 535)

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: šdỉ (<*ĉdʔ)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'to apportion field-plots'

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *ĉVddVH- or *ĉVHVdd-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'harvest' 1, 'harvest by cutting with a knife' 2

Dangla: síḍé 2 [Fd]

Migama: séḍḍó 1 [JMig]

Bidiya: seeḍ 1 [JBid]

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