Afroasiatic etymology : Query result

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔa/ir(r)aw- ~ *wVraʔ/y-

Meaning: back, backbone

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ʔVrāw- ~ *wVrāʔ- 'back'

Berber: *(H)Vr(r)aw ~ *wVry 'back' 1, 'shoulder' 2

Western Chadic: *wiyar- 'neck' ~ *ʔari 'back'

East Chadic: *ʔar- 'back' ~ *ʔa-wir- 'neck'

Beḍauye (Beja): *ʔarVr 'pelvis'

Saho-Afar: *ʔiraw 'back, back side'

Low East Cushitic: *wi(H)ir-t- 'spine, mid-back'

Notes: Cf. Eg ỉꜣ.t (<*yiʔ or *ʔir-) 'back' in 309. Cf. HSED, 1159 *har- 'back', where Tsagu is compared to E. Chad.: Mubi har, Birgit ʔara (and Akk. e/arûtu); and [Stolb. 1996 31], where E. Chad. *[h]ar- 'back' (square brackets mean that the reconstruction is doubtful [ibid. 10]) is compared to W. Chad. *-Har- 'back', with an unspecified laryngeal.