Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *(ʔa-)dVm(Vy)-

Meaning: earth (including inhabited and non-inhabited area, cultivated ground/field and uncultivated ground/desert)

Semitic: *daym(-ūm)- ~ *damdam- ~ *ʔadam(-at)- 'all (inhabited, arable) land, earth, area'

Berber: *dVmna 'cultivated land'

Egyptian: *dmy 'town, quarter, abode, vicinity'

Western Chadic: *dVm- 'place'

Central Chadic: */wu/dam- 'field' 1, 'village'2, 'place' 3

East Chadic: *dVHVm- 'meadow; field; bush'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *widVm- 'uncultivated land, desert'

Low East Cushitic: *w/ʔVdVm- 'desert'

High East Cushitic: *wudmaʔ- 'desert'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1986

Proto-Semitic: *daym(-ūm)- ~ *damdam- ~ *ʔadam(-at)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'all (inhabited, arable) land, earth, area'

Akkadian: (OB on) dadmū pl. tant. 'the inhabited world (settlements and inhabitants)' [CAD d 18]; 'Ortschaften, Wohnstätten' [AHw 149] (<*damdam-); cf. dimatu 'tower'

Ugaritic: dm-t 'borough'; (?) udm NL 'ciudad mítica del rey pbl' DLU, 9

Phoenician: (Punic) ʔdmt 'terra, país' [Estañol 60]

Hebrew: ʔădāmā 'earth, arable ground with water and plants' [KB 15]; also ʔādām 'ground', ʕēn ʔ. 'surface of the earth' [ibid. 14-15] (in: Zech 9:1, Jr 32:20, etc.)

Judaic Aramaic: ʔadamtā 'earth' [Ja 17]

Syrian Aramaic: ʔadamtā 'terra; pulvis; amylum' [Brock 6]

Arabic: daymūm-, daymūmat- 'vaste déserte sans eau' [BK 1 729]; ʔadīm- 'terre; tout l'espace du ciel et de la terre que l'oeil peut embrasser' [BK 1 19], ʔīdāmat- 'sol dur, sans pierres ni cailloux; surface de la terre' [ibid. 20]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔadyām 'area, region, outskirts, environs borders, limits, bordering cities, confines, district, province' [LGz 146]

Notes: Other Ethio-Semitic forms like Amharic awdǝmma, wǝdma, Argobba wǝdǝmma 'threshing field, deserted place' [LHar 19], Harari udma 'forest, uncultivated field', Selti Wolane wǝdmä 'plain, field, meadow, open space, uncultivated field, threshing field' [LGur 643], Endegeñ udumä, Goggot wǝdǝmma/ä do. [ibid.] are all likely Cushitisms. Akk. (Old Babylonian) adamātu (adumātu) pl. tantum 'dark red earth (used as a dye)' [CAD a1 94] (possibly derived from or contaminated with *ʔdm 'to be red').

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *dVmna

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cultivated land'

Nefusa: dǝmna 'espaces cultivables entre les ksours et les boîs d'oliviers' Lao. Siwa, 211

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: dmy (pyr)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'town'

Demotic: dmy

Coptic: *tmi

Coptic meaning: 'village'

Bohairic: tmi

Sahidic: tme

Notes: Copt shows that Eg -y continues a suffix.

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *dam-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'place'

Tangale: tɔm

Notes: Cf. AA 1478

Central Chadic etymology :

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *dVHVm-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'field'

Mokilko: dòòmé {JMkk]

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *widVm-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'desert' 1, 'uncultivated land, pasture' 2

Qemant: wĭdĭmā 1 Con Ros 264

Awiya (Aungi): wudani LGur 643

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *w/ʔVdVm-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'desert'

Oromo (Galla): uduma LGur 643

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *ʔud(V)m

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'desert'

Kambatta: udmaʔa

Notes: A derivational and semantic variant of the original HS stem?

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