Where does “እህል” come from?

እህል (Amharic) comes from Proto-Semitic *ʔakal- — to eat.

እህል (Amharic): grain

Definitions

  1. grain

Ancestry of “እህል”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*ʔakal-to eat
Every word from Proto-Semitic *ʔakal-