*ḳVr(V)r- - frog (SED II No. 137)

Likely a descriptive root.

Syriac

yaḳrūrā - rana (frog) (LSyr. 308, PS 1627)

See further Löw 1969: 53. Cf. also ḳārītā ‘curculio; testudo’ (weevil; tortoise) (LSyr. 696, PS 3717), possibly related with meaning shifts.

Arabic

qirr-, qurr-, qarr-at-, qirr-at-, qurr-at- - grenouille (frog) (BK 2 699–700, LA V 91)

Geez

ḳāḳer - frog (CDG 439)

With partial reduplication.