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Amharic
zänäb - tail
(AED 1651)
According to Leslau [CDG 640], from Gez. (no argumentation given); cf. zäläb id. [CDG 1608] with l, which Leslau also considers a loan from Gez. [CDG 640] (cf., however, [Leslau Loanwords 34], where the same word is considered an Arabism).
Reconstruction
PS
*ḏanab-
- tail
(SED I No. 64)