Areal reconstruction

*dhr - to go around (DRS 230, EDA II)

A variant root to PS *dwr. At least some of the MSA lexemes may be borrowed from Arabic.

Arabic

dhr - to befall (Lane 923)

dahr- ‘time, period of time; age, duration of life; eternity’ (Lane 923)

Mehri

dēhər - period of time (usually a year or a century) (ML 67)

dahr- ‘time, period of time; age, duration of life; eternity’ (Lane 923)

Jibbali

dέhər - time (JL 36)

dahr- ‘time, period of time; age, duration of life; eternity’ (Lane 923)

Soqotri

édher - to stay (CSOL II 445)

Soqotri

médheréten - fate, misfortune (LS 123)

Soqotri

dέhɛr - always (LS 123; CSOL I 526; CSOL II 445; Naumkin et al. 2015a:66)