Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *c̣ap-

Meaning: be clean

Semitic: *ṣVpVʔ-/*ṣVpVw- '(be) clean'

Western Chadic: *c̣ap- 'bathe' 1, 'be clean' 2

Central Chadic: *c̣uf- 'bathe' 1, 'wash (things)' 2

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *caq-

Meaning: earth, field

Semitic: *saḫḫ- 'meadow' 1, 'good land' 2

Egyptian: sḫ.t 'field' (pyr)

Western Chadic: *swaH- 'earth'

Central Chadic: *caqwa- 'field' 1, 'ground' 2, 'sand' 3

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *cVḫ- 'prairy'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *car-

Meaning: know

Semitic: *wVsVr- 'remind' 1, 'teach, instruct' 2

Central Chadic: *c/sar- 'remember' 1 , 'look, search' 2

East Chadic: *sVr- 'see' (?)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *carw-

Meaning: elder, chief

Semitic: *sarw(-ay)- ~ (?) *sVran- '(military) chief, prince'

Berber: *zVwVr- 'precede, be the first'

Egyptian: sr 'high official, elder' (pyr)

Western Chadic: *car(am)- 'chief'

East Chadic: *sVr- (<*n-sVr-) 'adult'

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

Meaning: faeces

Western Chadic: *caw- 'faeces' 1, 'relieve nature' 2

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *caw- 'faeces'

Notes: Scarce data. Cf. *ĉaʔiw- id.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *cawar-

Meaning: dance

Semitic: *sVwVr- 'dance'

Western Chadic: *c/sVwar- 'dance' (v.) 1, (n.) 2 , playing' 3

Central Chadic: *sur- 'to play'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *c̣awar- (?)

Meaning: roll up

Semitic: *ṣVwVr- 'press together'

East Chadic: *sa[w]ar- 'roll up'

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

Meaning: seal; treasure, property; something registered, sealed

Semitic: *sigul(l)- '(sealed) registered possession, property' ~ *sgl 'to register'

Egyptian: sd_ꜣw.t (AE)

Notes: An old cultural term?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *c̣ihVr- (?)

Meaning: in-law

Semitic: *ṣih(V)r- 'son-in-law' 1, 'brother-in-law' 2

Western Chadic: *c̣VHVr- 'in-laws'

Central Chadic: *ceHwar- 'in-law'

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *cil-

Meaning: female pudenda

Berber: *-z(V)lul 'clitoris'

Western Chadic: *cil- 'vulva' 1, 'vagina' 2, 'female pudenda'3

Low East Cushitic: *sil- 'vulva'

High East Cushitic: *c̣iʔl- 'vagina' (?)

Warazi (Dullay): *sil- 'clitoris'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *c̣il-

Meaning: sharp instrument

Semitic: *ṣilṣal- 'harpune'

Central Chadic: *sil- 'arrow'

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *c̣il- (?)

Meaning: snake, worm

Semitic: *ṣill- 'adder'

Western Chadic: *c̣il- 'tapeworm'

Central Chadic: *cil- 'snake'

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *cimʕ- (?)

Meaning: leg; backbone'

Egyptian: smʕ (pyr) 'leg (of falcon)'

Western Chadic: *Hwacim- 'leg' 1, 'foot' 2

Central Chadic: *syam- (< *siHam-) 'leg'

South Cushitic: *caʔam- 'foot'

Notes: To WCh cf. an alternative parallel: Sem. *ʕat_̣m- 'bone' SED 25.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *c̣in- (?)

Meaning: sharp object

Semitic: *ṣin- 'thorn'

Western Chadic: *c̣in- 'sharp point' 1, 'tooth' 2 , 'sharp' 3

Notes: Scarce data.

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *cinun-

Meaning: bird

Semitic: *sinun- 'swallow'

Western Chadic: nšin-šin 'small blue bird' Angas [Brq]

South Cushitic: *šuʔunun- 'hawk'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *cip-

Meaning: sweep

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *sVp- 'rake up' 1, 'purify, refine' 2

Berber: *cVf- 'plane' (v.) 1, 'wash' 2

Western Chadic: *cVf- 'sweep' 1, 'take off the top layers of washed corn' 2, 'skim' 3 , 'broom,brush' 4

East Chadic: *sVp- 'remove foam' 1, 'foam' 2, 'sweep' 3

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ciqal-

Meaning: sand

Central Chadic: *siɣVl- 'sand'

Saho-Afar: *caḥil- 'sand'

Low East Cushitic: *cVkal-

Notes: = *caḥil- (SAS)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *cir-

Meaning: sharp object

Western Chadic: *cir- 'spit meat on skewers, pierce'

East Chadic: *sVr- 'spear'

Notes: Scarce data. Derived <*cir- thorn?

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *c̣ir-

Meaning: cut

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ṣVr- 'cut, split'

Western Chadic: *c̣ar- 'lance, cut'

East Chadic: *syar- 'cut in strips'

Low East Cushitic: *c̣ir- 'cut'

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *cir-

Meaning: thorn

Semitic: *sīr- 'thorn, hook'

Egyptian: sr.t 'thorn' (BD)

East Chadic: *sur- 'thorn'