Where does “حمار الزرد” come from?

حمار الزرد (Arabic) comes from Arabic حِمَار, from Proto-Semitic ḥimār- — donkey.

حمار الزرد (Arabic): zebra

Definitions

  1. zebra

Ancestry of “حمار الزرد”, step by step

حمار الزرد traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic حِمَار

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحِمَارdonkey
2Proto-Semiticḥimār-donkey

via Arabic زَرَد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicزَرَد—
Every word from Proto-Semitic ḥimār- →Every word from Arabic حِمَار →