Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *da(n)g(ʷ)-Vr/l-
Meaning: elephant
Notes: Cf. HSED, 650 *dan(g)- 'elephant' (Iraqw; Kafa, Moča and Anf., Bworo; HECu. forms of the dan- type, with an unexplainable loss of -ng; and Dah. d_annaba_, also with a strange loss of -ng- and the presence of -b_- difficult to interpret); and 652 *dangol- 'elephant' (Ometo and ECh: Dng., Mig. and Sok. dogol) further compared with Saho-Afar dakaano and LECu *dagon- (Som. dagon and, strangely inluded into LECu, Dah. dokomi). Cf. also Bla. Eleph., 199, where "the most widespread term for 'elephant' common for most of Cushitic and Omotic languages"...probably "unique pan-Cushitic - Omotic isogloss" includes a lot of diverse terms which I prefer to distribute among several different roots.
