Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ŝip-

Meaning: sun(moon)light

Semitic: *ŝa/ipŝ- (<*ŝ_xa/ips_x̂a/ip-) 'light, appearance of a the sun or moon'

Berber: *a-sif <*-ŝif 'day'

Egyptian: *ŝp 'to be light, shine (of the sun and moon); light'

Western Chadic: *-lyap- < *ŝyap- (?) 'shine' 1, 'shining thing' 2, 'shining' 3,'star' 4, 'lightning' 5

Central Chadic: Kapsiki ẑàvu (< AA *ŝap-) 'white' [KrN272]

Notes: Cf. HSED, 2336 *ŝip- 'light, day' (Eg. sšp 'light'; Brb. 'day'; Pero lip and Angas mege-lǝp, without translation of mege) and ibid., 2340 *ŝVp- 'shine, be light' (Eg. sšp 'be light' and Sura lip); though *ŝip- is said to be related to *ŝVp-, the reason for separating the two roots is not clear