Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Notes: *ǯ- in the reconstructed form is confirmed by two Ch. examples. In PCh., acc. to Stolbova 1996, 74-75, lanyngeals have disappeared in *HVCVCV roots (*HVCVC > *CVCV), i.e. *ǯV(HV)m- may reflect *(HV)ǯVm-. As for Sem., one cannot rule out an exotic restructuring in Eth.: *ḥarmad_ <*ḥad_mar- <*ḥad_Vm, with metathesis and insertion of -r- under the influence of Gz. harmās 'elephant' (LGz., 219) from Sem. *ha/irmī/āS- (*-S reflecting either *-š < Afras. *-s, or *-s < Afras. *-c) 'elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo' (Arb. hirmīs- 'rhinocéros; buffle; lion féroce' BK 2 1415). Cf. *ǯiHun- ~ *ǯinaH- 'elephant' (3636).

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḥaǯim-

Meaning: spear, thorn

Semitic: *ḥad_im- 'sharp'

Central Chadic: *ǯ(y)am- 'spear'

East Chadic: *ǯim- 'thorn'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḥaǯ(V)y-

Meaning: *ḥad_(V)y- 'breast'

Semitic: 'breast'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *hiʕVr-

Meaning: excrement

Egyptian: hʕyr.t 'excrement'

Saho-Afar: *har- 'excrements'

South Cushitic: *hor- 'dung'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḥidab-

Meaning: bend

Semitic: *ḥVdab- 'be curved'

Central Chadic: *diHVb- 'bend'

Notes: An alternative reconstruction is *diḥab-

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḥidVʔ-

Meaning: bird

Semitic: *ḥid(V)w/ʔ- 'kite, owl'

East Chadic: *hyad-hyad- 'ostrich'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḥig-

Meaning: plant

Semitic: *ḥig- 'thorny plant'

Low East Cushitic: *ḥig- 'kind of aloe'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḥi/umār- (?)

Meaning: ass; zebra

Semitic: *ḥimār- 'ass, donkey'

Beḍauye (Beja): humār 'zebra'

Notes: Insufficient data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḥ(i/uw)ar(r)-

Meaning: (young of) donkey, camel

Semitic: *ḥVwār- 'young (of camel, donkey)'

Berber: *Hawr- 'a year-old camel' (<Arb.?)

Beḍauye (Beja): *ḥ/har- 'camel'

Saho-Afar: *ḥVr- 'female donkey'

Low East Cushitic: *ḥ/harr- 'donkey'

High East Cushitic: *ḥ/harr- 'donkey'

Warazi (Dullay): *ḥarri 'ass'

Omotic: *ḥ/harr- 'donkey'

Notes: Cf. Bl. Beja Fauna, 13 (ECu, Om; Dah. 'goat' does not belong here; in Som. harur 'ein ganz weisses Kamel' rightly quoted as an alternative, h- is <*h, not *ḥ, and does not belong here). Cf. *ḥarr- 'donkey' Sasse PEC, 39 (only Or. is quoted)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *hilal-

Meaning: moon

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *hilāl- 'new moon'

Berber: *HalVl- 'moon'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *himal-

Meaning: tear (n.)

Semitic: *hVmVl- 'shed tears'

Central Chadic: *hi/um(al-) 'tear (n.)'

High East Cushitic: *Hil(V)m- 'tear'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *himic-

Meaning: walk in and out