West Chadic etymology : List with all references

Proto-WChadic: *rVgVl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'ankle , ankle bone' 1, 'inner part of the thigh' 2

Angas: tu-rgul 1 [Fl], tú-rgùl 1 [Brq] vowel assim. < *ta-rgul-

Tangale: argil 2 [Tng]

Notes: in [TAS:375] treated as tur-gul, without any explanation

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *riga/ul-

Meaning: limb, foot, feather

Semitic: *rigl- 'foot'

Berber: *rVga/ul- 'feather' 1, 'penis' 2, 'pedicle' 3

Egyptian: ʕꜣg.t (pyr) 'hoof (of cow and ass)' ~ ʕgꜣ.t (NK) 'claw (of lion and bird)' (?)

Western Chadic: *rVgVl- 'ankle , ankle bone' 1, 'inner part of the thigh' 2

Notes: Meanings very different. In Eg. dissimilation <*ꜣgꜣ <*rgl? Cf. *rigad- 'foot, leg'.

Number: 149

Proto-Semitic: *rigl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: foot

Ugaritic: /riglu/ 'foot' [Huehner 176] (unattested alphabetically)

Hebrew: rägäl 'foot, leg' [KB 1184]; 'one who goes by foot, pedestrian' ibid. 1184

Aramaic: SML lgr, OFF rgl, lgl, ngr, PLM rgl 'foot' [HJ 1060]; SamP riggālāʔi 'foot-soldier'

Biblical Aramaic: *rǝgal or *rǝgēl (only raglayin, du.) 'Fuss' [KB deutsch 1779]

Judaic Aramaic: riglā (raglā) [Ja 1449]; ryglh 'foot, leg' [Sok 516], riglāʔ- 'foot-soldier'

Syrian Aramaic: reglā 'pes' [Brock 712]

Modern Aramaic: MAL reɣra 'Fuss' [Berg 75] TUR raɣlo 'foot' [R Ṭūrōyo 118] MLH *reɣlo 'Fuss' (c. suff. reɣlav 'sein Fuss') [J Mlah 188]

Arabic: riǧl- 'pied' [BK 1 831], raǯul- 'man'

Epigraphic South Arabian: SAB rgl 'foot' [SD 116], MIN rgl 'pied, jambe' [LM 77]

Notes: Note AKK rig/k/ḳlu OA translated as 'ein Ggst.' in [AHw 982] with a remark: "Gelb p. 63 f. zu wsem. ri/agl 'Fuss'?".

ETH *ʔǝgr 'foot' usually compared to this root (so [Kaye passim]) is not related; see *ʔi(n)gir-, No. .

Cf. JUD nigrā [Ja 902] <*ligr-, with dissimilation *l- > n- in the vicinity of -r-, and MND ligra 'foot, leg' [DM 235]; metathesis in both cases due to nearly complete incompatibility of r and l in SEM roots.

Cf. ESA: ḤḌR rgln 'fantassin' [LM 77], with a meaning shift.

[KB 1184]: HBR, UGR, ARM, ARB, ESA, GEZ (ʔǝgr); [Brock 712]: SYR, ARM, HBR, ARB, ESA, GEZ (ʔǝgr), AKK (riglu 'ungula'; not in [AHw])

Proto-Berber: *rVga/ul-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'feather' 1, 'penis' 2, 'pedicle' 3, 'tail' 4

Ghadames: ta-rzǎ/el-t 1; tū-rǝgl-a 3 (gros pédoncule du régime de dattes' Lan 311)

Sokna: ta-ržal-t 1

Ghat: a-rǯal 4

Ayr: a-rgul 2

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): â-rḡal 4

Tawllemmet: a-rgul 2

Zenaga: tǝ-rgǝl 1

Old Egyptian: (?) ʕꜣg.t (pyr) ~ ʕgꜣ.t (20)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'hoof (of cow and ass)' 1, 'claw (of lion and bird)' 2

Notes: EG I 168, 235

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