Afroasiatic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔayVw-

Meaning: jackal, dog

Semitic: *ʔVwVy- 'jackal'

Egyptian: ỉꜣw 'dog' (MK)

Western Chadic: *ʔiy- 'dog'

Low East Cushitic: *yayy- 'wild dog; hunting dog; jackal; wolf'

High East Cushitic: *yayy- 'hunting dog'

Notes: Originally descriptive.

Semitic etymology :

Number: 203

Proto-Semitic: *ʔVwVy-

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Meaning: 'jackal'

Hebrew: ʔī (only in the pl. ʔiyyīm) 'jackal' [KB 38]. // A rare term denoting (animal?) beings inhabiting ruins (Is 13.22, 34.14, Jr 50.39); precise meaning cannot be established.

Syrian Aramaic: bǝnāt ʔaway 'thoes, canes aurei' [Brock. 8], [PS 61] (possibly and Arabism).

Arabic: ʔibnu-l-ʔāwan, pl. banātu-l-ʔāwā 'animal regardé comme un mélange né d'un chien et d'un renard' [BK 1 72], [Fr. I 73], [Lane 131], [LA XIV 55] (with a detailed discussion, thought to be derived from the sound wāwā produced by the animal). More details see in [Hommel 306].

Tigre: ʔaw 'eatable wild animals' (LH 378)

Amharic: awu 'hyena's cry; hyena' (K 1266)

Harari: āy in āyzägädu 'jackal' (LHar. 38); cf. Sel. zägädo id. (LGur. 704)

Gurage: Сha. Eža Enm. End. Gyt. Muh. awi 'wild animal, beast' (LGur. 110)

Notes: Not fully reliable; independent onomatopoetic formations in particular languages cannot be ruled out. // [KB 38]: Hbr., Arb.; [Brock. 8]: Syr., Arb.

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: ỉw (MK).

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Meaning: 'dog'

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *ʔiy-

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Meaning: 'dog'

Warji: íyà-nà [SkNb]

Kariya: íí [CLR: 106]

Miya: í [CLR]

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *yayy-

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Meaning: 'wild dog'

Somali: yéèy 'wild dog' Lycaon pictus Hei Sam 1981

Oromo (Galla): yeeyii 'wolf' Gr 406'wild dog (Lycaon pictus)' (Amh yäyi 'hyena'); cf. iyyaa 'k. of wild cat' Gr 228

Boni: yeyeʔ 'jackal' PEC 43

Rendille: yááy 'wild dog' Lycaon pictus Hei Sam 1981

Konso: yoy-ta PEC 43 'hunting dog'