Where does “Camad” come from?

Camad (Afar) comes from Arabic حمد, from Arabic حَمِدَ, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

Ancestry of “Camad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحمدto praise, to commend
2Arabicحَمِدَto praise; to thank or to praise
3Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
4Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—
Every word from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ- →Every word from Arabic م →Every word from Arabic حَمِدَ →