Where does “እክል” come from?

እክል (Tigre) comes from Proto-Semitic *ʔakal- — to eat.

እክል (Tigre): corn, grain

Definitions

  1. corn, grain

Ancestry of “እክል”, step by step

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