Amharic

däggʷäsä - to cover a book cover, scabbard or saddle with leather; to affix metal decorations along a sword scabbard; to make designs on a book cover or on jewelry with a metal tool (AED 1832)

Cf. also däḳḳʷ “to grind or crush into a fine powder” (AED 1767)

PS
*dgš - to pierce, to stab ? (EDA II)