Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wVc̣-

Meaning: order (v.)

Semitic: *wVṣVy- 'order' (v.)

Egyptian: wd_ 'order' (BD)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wVĉVP- (?)

Meaning: say

Semitic: *wVŝVp- 'swear'

Egyptian: wšb (ME) 'answer'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wVč̣am- ~ *č̣amw-an-

Meaning: think

Semitic: *wVṭ_Vm- 'think'

Western Chadic: *č̣amwan- 'expect' 1, 'think' 2, 'remember'

Central Chadic: *č̣am- 'know'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wVdVn- ~ *wund- (?)

Meaning: monkey

Egyptian: wdn (gr)

Western Chadic: *wund-

Notes: Scarce and unreliable data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wVgab-

Meaning: cut, pierce

Semitic: *gVwVb- 'cut, pierce'

Western Chadic: *(wV)gab- 'cut'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wVgVm-

Meaning: strike, grind

Semitic: *wVgVm- 'strike (with fist)'

Egyptian: wgm 'grind' (OK)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wVgVr-

Meaning: dig; cavern

Semitic: *wagr- 'cavern, hole'

Western Chadic: *wugVr- 'hollow out, groove'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wVhVp-

Meaning: grass, flower

Semitic: *wVhip- 'be covered with leaves'

Western Chadic: *wVp- 'grass'

East Chadic: *hVwVf- 'flower'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wVlVḫ-

Meaning: yellow, green

Egyptian: wꜣḫy (gr) 'be green'

Central Chadic: *wulVɣ- 'green'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wVlVm-

Meaning: eat; food

Semitic: *wVlVm- 'give a meal, feed' 1, 'prepare a meal' 2

Egyptian: wnm (pyr) 'eat'

East Chadic: *wVlVm- 'food'

Notes: Derived from *lam-/*lum- 'eat'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wVpVč- ~ *pičw-

Meaning: to spit

Semitic: *w/nVpVt_- 'spit'

Berber: *(wV)fVs- 'spit'

Western Chadic: *pi/uč- 'spit'

Central Chadic: *pis- 'spew, sprinkle'

East Chadic: *pičw- 'spit'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wVraḳ-

Meaning: green

Semitic: *waraḳ- 'greenish' 1, 'yellow' 2, 'leaf' 3

Berber: *wVraɣ ~ *rVwaḳ 'green' 1, 'yellow 2

Egyptian: *yrḳ 'onion, greenery, green stuff'

Notes: Cf. HSED, 2560 *wVriḳ- 'to be green': Akk., Hbr., Arb.; Eg. wʔd_, with the comment: "palatalization of ḳ>d_".

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wVŝin- ~ *wVnVŝ-

Meaning: wolf, jackal

Berber: *wVššVn 'jackal'

Egyptian: wnš 'wolf' (OK)

Notes: <*wayŝ-an-? Cf. W.Ch. *(nV-)čaw- 'wild dog': Sura ǹčúwɛ̀ [JgS], Ang čewe [Fl].

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *wVṭVf-

Meaning: rain, pour

Semitic: *wVṭVp- 'rain' (v.)

Berber: *wVṭVf- 'ritual ablution'

Notes: Derived from *ṭif-/*ṭaf- 'drop, rain'.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *(ʔa-)w/yan-

Meaning: goat, sheep

Berber: *Han(y)a 'sheep'

Egyptian: wny 'calf' (?) (cf. ḥnw Pyr 'horn')

Western Chadic: *yaHan- 'she-goat'

East Chadic: *ʔaynVw/y- 'goat' 1, 'he goat' 2

Saho-Afar: *ʔanaʕ- 'she-lamb'

Low East Cushitic: *wan- 'sheep'

High East Cushitic: *(H)ayān- 'gazelle'

Omotic: *(Hi)yin- 'sheep'

Notes: Cf. HSED, 42 *ʔan-/*ʔayin- (Canar.; WCh.: Siri; ECh.; Beja). Cf. Bla. Beja Fauna, 3: Gur.; Canar.; Beja; Afar; LECush. (Som., Rend.); Eg.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *yaʔ- ~ *ʔay-

Meaning: dwelling place, building

Egyptian: ỉꜣ.t (pyr) 'place'

Western Chadic: *(ʔi)yVw- 'place' 1, 'town, place' 2

Central Chadic: *yaH- 'building' 1, 'compound' 2

East Chadic: *yaH- 'house'

South Cushitic: *ʔay- 'neighborhood' 1, 'dwelling' 2

Notes: Same as *(ʔV-)way- 'house' ?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *yaʔ-/*yaw-

Meaning: pour

Egyptian: ỉwy (ME) 'pour out'

Western Chadic: *y/waw- 'pour' 1, 'weep' 2

Central Chadic: *y[a]w- 'water' 1, 'rainy season' 2

South Cushitic: *yaʔ- 'river'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *yaʔ/w-

Meaning: go, come, run

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Berber: *yV- 'come'

Egyptian: iy, iw (pyr)

Western Chadic: *yaw- 'go'1, 'come'2, 'run' 3

Central Chadic: *ya-'come'

East Chadic: *ya- 'go'

Beḍauye (Beja): yi- 'come'

Low East Cushitic: *yaʔ- ~ *ʔiʔ-t- 'run away' 1, 'go' 2

Omotic: *yaʔ- 'come' 1, 'run away' 2

Notes: Cf. *waʔ- id.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *yad- ~ *ʔid-

Meaning: hand

Semitic: *yad- ~ *ʔid- 'hand'

Egyptian: d hieroglyph

Central Chadic: ? *'adVw 'claw'

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

Meaning: kind of clothes

Egyptian: ỉdg (n)

Central Chadic: *dagʷ- 'mat'

East Chadic: *nV-dagay-

Notes: Scarce data.