Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *para/is-

Meaning: horse

Semitic: *paraš- 'horse'

Western Chadic: *pi/ur(i)s- 'horse'

Central Chadic: *pVrs- 'horse'

East Chadic: *firs- 'horse'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *fa/ir(i)s- 'horse'

Saho-Afar: *faras- 'horse'

Low East Cushitic: *faras- 'horse'

High East Cushitic: *faraš- 'horse'

Warazi (Dullay): *paras- 'horse'

Omotic: *par(a)š- 'horse'

Notes: Cf. Sokoro, Dan., Jegu forms of the *piss- 'type' Jung. CLR II, 195; <*pirs-? Cf., however, ECu: Kamb. faash-sho, Alaba faash-shu 'horse' Lamb. Wol., 355 (<*farš-)? The Cush. and Omot. forms, though widely spread in Cush., may in principle be Eth. loans, esp. in view of their phonetic uniformity; the Chad. forms, on the contrary, are not necessarily Arabisms considering diversity in their patterns and the fact that the term is not attested in Hausa, the main source language in spreading Arabisms in other Chadic languages.