PES

*maray-t- - earth, soil (CDG 361; Kogan 2015: 462)

The Ethiopian lexemes may find a convincing parallel in Proto-Berber *ta-mur-t- ‘earth’ (Militarev 2004:307, 2010:64).

Geez
maret - earth, dust of the ground, dirt, clay, dung (CDG 361)
Tigre
märet - earth, soil (WTS 114)
Tigrinya
märet - earth, soil (TED 368)
Amharic
märet - earth, soil (AED 184)