Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ɣar(n/m)āḳ-

Meaning: crane; raven/crow

Semitic: ɣVrnīḳ- 'crane'

Western Chadic: *gau/mrāk- ~ *garmāk- '(crested) crane'

East Chadic: *ngarāk- '(crested) crane'

Saho-Afar: *kāk- 'raven'

High East Cushitic: *haraḳ- 'raven' (<*ɣaraḳ-?)

Mogogodo (Yaaku): ḫaryaq-a 'crow' (<*ɣaryaḳ-?)

Omotic: (?) *ḳurāk- (<*ḳuraɣ- with met.?)

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2424

Proto-Semitic: *ɣVrnīḳ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: crane

Akkadian: urnīḳu 'Kranich ?' SB, LB [AHw. 1431]. More details see in [Salonen Vögel 286ff.] where a variant ḫurnīḳu is quoted (with ḫ < *ɣ, recognized already by Salonen: "Lautliche Variante ḫurnīḳu, die ausgezeichnet zum arab. ɣurnīq passt"). On this form see MSL VIII/2 167 (ḫur-ni-[...]), [Landsberger kurkû 258] (ḫur-ni-^ḳu).

Arabic: ɣirnīḳ-, ɣurnūḳ-, ɣirnawḳ-, ɣurnayḳ- 'grue' [BK 2 461], [LA X 287] (extensively discussed in [Dozy II 210]).

Notes: A direct Akk. loan into Arb. is hardly tenable (contra [Zim- mern 51]; note that the term is not present in any Aramaic lan- guage). At the same time, both Akk. and Arb. terms are remar- kably similar to the IE terms for crane. Forms coming from areas relatively near geographically are of particular interest (Arm. ḳṛunk, Oss. zyrnaeg [Gamkrelidze-Ivanov 540]). Borrowed from an IE source independently into Akk. and Arb.?

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *gau/mrāk- ~ *garmāk-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: '(crested) crane'

Hausa: gauraka, gamrāka, garmāka

Ngizim: gǝvārak, vārak (<Hs?)

Notes: Sk Hs 81

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *ngarāk-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: '(crested) crane'

Dangla: ŋārko

Migama: ŋarāk

Bidiya: ŋarāk

Notes: Sk Hs 81

Saho-Afar etymology :

Proto-Saho-Afar: *kāk-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'raven'

Saho: kaakoo

Afar (Danakil): kaakoo

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *haraḳ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'raven'

Darasa (Gedeo): haraḳ-

Notes: Sk Hs 105

Mogogodo etymology :

Mogogodo: ḫaryaq-a

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'crow'

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *ḳurāk-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'crow'

Ari: ḳuraak

Notes: Acc. to Lamb Wol 436, <ḳuraa-k-, with a suffix in velar

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