Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʒVry/ʔ/ʕ- ~ *ǯVry/ʔ/ʕ 1, /w/ʔ/ʕ ~ *ʒry/wʔ/ʕ 2

Meaning: seed, sowing, sown field 1, to sow, cultivate 2

Semitic: *ʒVry/ʔ/ʕ- ~ *ǯVry/ʔ/ʕ 1, *ʒry/wʔ/ʕ ~ *ǯry/w/ʔ/ʕ 2

Egyptian: *ʒVr or *ǯVr 'k. of field'

Western Chadic: *ǯur- or *ʒur- 'groundnuts'

Beḍauye (Beja): deráʔ 'seed' (?)

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *zur- 'wheat', *zi/ar- 'to sow, cultivate'

Saho-Afar: *da/ira/i(y) 'seed'

Low East Cushitic: *zary- 'seed'

High East Cushitic: *zari-t- 'seed'

Omotic: *ǯVry- or *ʒVry- 'seed', *ǯyr or *ʒyr 'to sow'

Notes: (related to, or contaminated with, No. 32 *ǯrr/w/y/ʔ ~ *wǯr 'to scatter, spread (seed), winnow'?). According to Lamb. Wol., 561-2, all Cu. and Om. forms are borrowed from Eth.; a wide spread of these forms in three branches of Cu., however, rather speaks for their Afras. origin; borrowing of the Om. forms from Eth. or E. Cu. is possible