Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Notes: *-f- in the reconstructed Afras form relies on WCh (Ngz) -f- only. Cf. WCh *daf- 'cook' (v.): Hs dafa. Borrowing from Arb in other Afrasian is possible.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *dVg-

Meaning: arrow

Semitic: *ḥVdig- 'shoot (of an arrow)' - Cf.

Western Chadic: *dVg- 'arrow'

High East Cushitic: *dog- 'arrow' 1, 'bow' 2

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *dVg-dVg-

Meaning: trample, press

Semitic: *dVg-dVg- 'trample down' 1, 'press, squeeze' 2, 'tap' 3

Berber: *dVg-dVg- 'break'

Egyptian: dgdg 'press, squeeze, trample' (XX)

Notes: Scarce data. Rel. to *dVg- 'forge,beat'?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *dVḫul-

Meaning: go, enter

Semitic: *dVḫul- 'enter'

Egyptian: dḫn 'go down'

Western Chadic: *dyaHVl- 'enter' 1, 'go out' 2, 'go' 3

East Chadic: *dVHwal- 'enter'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *dVgʷVl-

Meaning: look, see

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *dVgVl- 'look' ~ *digl- 'eyesight; view; sign'

Egyptian: dgy (Pyr), dgꜣ (med.) 'see, look' (<*dgl?)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *dVḥVs-

Meaning: skin

Semitic: *dVḥVs- 'to skin, peel off'

Berber: *dasy- 'tanned hide'

Western Chadic: *diHus- 'hide, skin' 1, 'to cut, to skin' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *dVḳ-

Meaning: shave, cut hair

East Chadic: *ḍVk- < *dVḳ- 'cut (wood, rope, hair)'

South Cushitic: *deḳ- 'shave bald'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *dVḳ-

Meaning: be small, be thin

Semitic: *diḳ(ḳ)- 'be small' 1, 'be thin, fine' 2

Western Chadic: *ḍuk- < *duḳ- 'short'

Low East Cushitic: *diḳ(ḳ)- 'become faint, tenuous' 1, 'small' 2

Notes: Related to *daḳ-/*duḳ- 'break, pound'?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *dVm-

Meaning: worm

Egyptian: dm 'worm' (NK)

Western Chadic: *dum- 'eel, water -snake' 1, 'snake' 2

Central Chadic: *dum- 'ascarid'

High East Cushitic: *dum- 'roundworm'

Omotic: *dVm- 'python'

Notes: Semantic change in Omot.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *dVm-

Meaning: break, press, destroy

Semitic: *dum- 'be destroyed'

Berber: *dVm- 'press, squeeze'

Western Chadic: *dVHVm- 'beat'

Central Chadic: *dyam- 'squeeze'1, 'hit' 2

East Chadic: *daʔim- 'break'

Low East Cushitic: *dum- 'be destroyed'

South Cushitic: *dam- 'knead' (?)