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PCS
*watid- - peg
(Kogan 2015: 204)
If the Tigre lexemes are related to *watid- as cognates, the PCS status of this term becomes problematic. Note also Gez
wadda
Words
Hebrew
yātēd
- wooden peg
(HALOT 450)
Arabic
watid-
- wooden pin, peg
(Lane 2917)
Tigre
mətəd
- peg
(WTS 440)
Tigre
wätdä
- to fix into the ground, to erect
(WTS 439)
usually thought to be borrowed from Arabic (DRS 650, Leslau 1990:152), which is far from obvious (Kogan 2015: 204)