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Amharic
wädä - toward, to, into; around, about, approximately (with numbers)
(AED 1561)
Reconstruction
PWS
*ˀVd/d
- to, towards, up to
(Arakelova 2001:50)
Presumably derived from PS
*yad-
‘hand’. According to Leslau, Amh. and Hrs. forms, as well as Gez. adverb
waˀəda/waˀda/wəˀda
contain the deictic element w- (CDG 602).