Akkadian
zizānu - locust
(AHw. 1534, CAD S 321)
Var. sisānu. Note that the spelling with SI is unique whereas several examples written with ZI are known
Hebrew
zīz - a small creatures that ruin the fields
(HALOT 268)
pB. ‘spider; name of a fabulous bird’ (Jastrow 393)
Arabic
zīz- - grasshopper
(BK 1 1032)
Pl. zīzān-. According to Dozy I 618-9 z. is “ un mot berbère”