Semitic etymology : Query result

Number: 2140

Proto-Semitic: *ḳ(ʷ)ayṣ-, *ḳ(ʷ)aṣṣ- {} *ḳ(ʷ)ayc̣- or *ḳ(ʷ)ac̣y-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: joint, point of connection between bones

Arabic: ḳaṣāṣ-, ḳuṣāṣ-, ḳiṣāṣ- 'endroit du derrière de la tête où les cheveux finissent; endroit de la poitrine où les côtes se rencontrent' [BK 2 746], ḳaṣīṣ- 'poitrine, os de la poitrine' [ibid.], ḳaṣṣ-, ḳuṣaṣ- do. ibid. [745]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḳʷǝyṣ, ḳʷǝṣ 'leg, shin, shinbone, thigh' [LGz 457]

Amharic: (?) ḳǝṭay 'joint of foot' [LGur 511].

In [K 828] only ḳäṭṭay 'one who follows' and ḳǝṭṭay 'branch' are attested; according to [LGur 511], from ḳäṭälä 'to attach one thing to another' with l palatalized into y (on "occasional loss of l" in AMH see [LGz XXVI])

Gurage: GYE ḳǝṭǝyä 'joint of foot' [LGur 511].

According to Leslau, from *ḳäṭäla, with a loss of -*l (see comments to AMH above)

Soqotri: míḳṣeh 'articulation, falangue' [LS 381].

A derived pattern; according to Leslau, from ḳṣy 'to cut', which is not convincing semantically. For the same reason, not to be compared to such MSA forms as MHR máḳṣa 'end' from ḳǝṣō 'to end (of a road)' [JM 241]

Notes: Questionable; attested in S. SEM area only.

Meanings in ARB, GEz and SOQ rather diverse; S. ETH examples may be of a different origin.

Cf. also ETH: TNA ḳʷǝč̣ bälä 'sedersi, accommodarsi bene a sedere' [Bass 301] and AMH ḳiṭ 'buttocks, anus' [K 826], possibly related.

Cf. *ḳimṣ(No. ).

[Holma 136]: AKK (kimṣu), GEZ; [LGz 457]: GEZ (connection with AKK kim/nṣu, kiṣṣu is refuted)