Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *warŝiʕ- ~ *ḥar(i)ŝ-

Meaning: rhinoceros

Semitic: *ḥar(i)ŝ/s_̂x ( ~ *Hawuraris) 'rhinoceros'

Western Chadic: *wVriŝ- 'rhinoceros'

Central Chadic: *wirŝi 'bull'

Low East Cushitic: *worš- 'rhinoceros'

High East Cushitic: *worša(ʕ)- 'rhinoceros'

Warazi (Dullay): *wVršaʕ- 'rhinoceros'

Mogogodo (Yaaku): *wVrsVʔ- 'rhinoceros'

Notes: The resemblance of Sem. and Cush. forms is hardly an accidental coincidence, though Sem. *ḥ- vs. ECush. and Ch. *w- is enigmatic. In most of non-Semitic languages quoted, *ḥ- yeilds neither w- nor 0, but is preserved as ḥ or h.