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usually thought to be a Cushitism (but cf. Kogan 2006c: 271 for a tentative comparison with Ugr. ṣṣm ‘salt-works’, Hbr. ṣīṣ ‘salt’)

Noeldeke 1886, 726 tentatively connected the Akkadian–Aramaic isogloss *tkl (considered to be a secondary derivation from PS *wkl) with PES *tkl “to fix, to fasten, to plant” . This comparison, implying that Ethiopian preserves the primary meaning “to fix, to be well-fixed, reliable” and undermining the derivation from *w-k-l, is discussed and rejected by Leslau in CDG 573.

is derived from *ṭVb ‘breast’

May be related to PES *ṭnn ‘to be asleep’ or Arb. ṭnn ‘to die’.

Cf. *ṣ̂irš- - molar tooth. A variant root?

An connection with Proto-MSA *ṭlf ‘to skim off’ is not unlikely. (Kogan 2015:574)

The origin of Proto-EthS *wˁy ‘to be hot, to burn’ is unknown (cf. DRS 577).

“The original meaning of Proto-EthS *wald- (and *lVd-) ‘son’ was probably “boy,” as is the case of its immediate parallels in Hebrew (yäläd, HALOT 412) and Arabic (walad-, Lane 2966). All these terms are derived from PS *wld ‘to bear’, widely attested both withing and outside EthS (SED I No. 80v). Lack of lexical distinction between the meanings “son” and “boy”/”child” — similar to bēn vs. yäläd in Hebrew — observable throughout EthS is atypical for Semitic languages and might be due to the substratum influence.”