Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVf-

Meaning: snake

Semitic: *šVpp- 'kind of snake, worm'

Berber: *sVfuf- 'snake' (?)

Egyptian: sfy (reg) 'snake'

East Chadic: *syap- 'snake'

Omotic: *šef- 'snake, lizard'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVf- (?)

Meaning: cut (wood)

Semitic: *šVwVp- 'grind'

Egyptian: sfsf (18) 'cut with a knife, break'

Low East Cushitic: *sof- 'plane wood'

High East Cushitic: *sof- 'plane wood'

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVḥal-

Meaning: mat; weave

Semitic: *šVḥal- 'make a cloth (of separate threads)'

Western Chadic: *suHal- 'mat' 1, 'a skin of whiite cotton thred for weaving' 2

Central Chadic: *sal- 'mat'

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVḥaw- (?)

Meaning: gather

Egyptian: sḥwy (ME) 'gather'

Central Chadic: *sVwaH- 'gather'

Omotic: cf. DIZ šowit-el 'all'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVk-

Meaning: smell

Semitic: *šVhVk- 'blow, smell (intrans.)'

Egyptian: st_y (pyr) 'smell (n.)'

Western Chadic: *sak-/*suk-

Central Chadic: *sVk- 'smell (intrans.)'

Notes: Secondary laryngeal in Sem?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVk-

Meaning: pot, vessel

Egyptian: st_.t 'baking form' (OK)

Western Chadic: *sVk- 'calabash'

Central Chadic: *sak- 'cooking pot' 1, 'small pot' 2, 'pot' 3

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVkay/w-

Meaning: land not cultivated actually, fallow

Semitic: *sa(y)k-at- 'field, meadow'

Berber: *su/ik(V)y 'fallow'

Western Chadic: *sVka 'waste, uncultivated land'

Central Chadic: *sVkw- 'field, farm'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *sa(y)ka (?) 'plain, steppe'

Notes: (probably related to *skk, *swk, *skw/y/ʔ 'to cultivate, to hoe and sow')

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVḳ-

Meaning: sack

Egyptian: sꜣḳ (pyr)

Beḍauye (Beja): sekʷa

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVḳ-

Meaning: cut, chop

Semitic: *ḫVšiḳ- 'pierce'

Egyptian: sḳk 'cut' (NK)

Western Chadic: *saḳ- 'cut' 1, 'cut down' 2, 'carpenter' 3

East Chadic: *sikk- 'cut, chop'

South Cushitic: *siḳ- 'cut'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVḳ-

Meaning: cold

Semitic: *šiḳaḳ- 'cold' (n.) 1, 'cold' (adj.) 2

Berber: Siwa šqi 'cold' adj

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVḳVr-

Meaning: strike, pierce

Semitic: *šVḳVr- 'pierce'

Egyptian: sḳr (pyr) 'strike'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVḳʷ-

Meaning: drink

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *šVḳ- 'drink' 1, 'give a drink' 2

Western Chadic: *suḳ- 'give water (to a child)'

Central Chadic: *sVḳwa- 'drink'

Notes: Cf. also *sVḳw- 'honey' (Cush., Chad., see ND 2037).

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVl-

Meaning: pull

Semitic: *šul- 'pull, draw' 1, 'drag away' 2

Western Chadic: *sol- 'pull' 1, 'draw' 2

Central Chadic: *sVl- 'extract'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVlaʕ- (?)

Meaning: split, cut

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *šVlaʕ- 'pierce, split'

Western Chadic: *sVl- 'cut'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVm-

Meaning: blow; wind

Semitic: *nVšVm- 'to breathe' ~ *nišam(-at)- 'breath, respiration'

Western Chadic: *swam-/*syam- 'wind'

Central Chadic: *syam- 'wind'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVn-

Meaning: smell (v.)

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Egyptian: sn (pyr) 'smell', snsn (MK) 'breathe, smell'

Western Chadic: *sansun- 'smell' (v.)

Central Chadic: *sin- 'blow nose'

East Chadic: *sunVn- 'smell'

Saho-Afar: *sin- 'smell'

Notes: Related to *sa/in- 'nose'.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVn-

Meaning: be satisfied

Semitic: *šVnVy- 'be satisfied'

Western Chadic: *san-H- 'be glad'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVny/ʔ-

Meaning: seed, corn

Semitic: *ʔa-šnVʔ/n- 'corn, wheat '

Egyptian: *sVn ' bread'

Western Chadic: *sVnH- 'millet'

Central Chadic: *sisin- 'seed'

Low East Cushitic: *sa/unnVy- 'seed'

High East Cushitic: *sannVy- 'seed'

Omotic: *yVsVn- 'sorghum'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVp-

Meaning: plaiting, weaving, sewing

Semitic: *šVpVy- ~ *šVpVp- 'wrap, fasten with laces' 1, 'weave' 2, 'sew' 3

Berber: *sVfif- 'plait(ing)' (n.)

Egyptian: spy 'bind up (a ship)' (pyr)

Central Chadic: *sap- 'shirt'

East Chadic: *sipVy- 'spin, twist'

Low East Cushitic: *sup(p)- 'darn'

Warazi (Dullay): *šap- 'tie, sew'

Omotic: *sip- 'plait, sew'

Notes: Related to *sip- 'rope' ?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sVp-

Meaning: pole, beam

Semitic: *šip- 'beam'

Western Chadic: *siVyVp- 'timber'