Does anyone have a list of shared vocabulary between Somali and Arabic that stems from proto-Afroasiatic, rather than Arabic --> Somali loan words?

Samaale55

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I vaguely remember seeing something like this, but I can't find it
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list of shared vocabulary between Somali and Arabic that stems from proto-Afroasiatic:​

body parts such as : mouth , nose , eye , hair , ear , tooth are shared vocabulary between Somali and Arabic .
Most animal names in the Arabic language have Somali roots.

af ( mouth, singular ) → afaf ( mouths , plural ) in Somali language .

fam ( mouth, singular ) → afwaah ( mouths , plural ) in Arabic language .

it is logic in Somali language ( af ) became ( afaf ) .

But how did Arabic ( fam فم ) become ( afwaah أفواه ) ?

ilig / ilik ( tooth , singular ) ilko ( teeth ,plural ) in Somali language .

*sin سِنّ*( tooth , singular ) asnaan ( teeth , plural ) in Arabic language .

it is logic in Somali language ( ilig / ilik ) became ( ilko ) .

But how did Arabic ( sin سِنّ ) become ( asnaan ) ?
 
Only a gifted, inquisitive linguist could take on the challenge, and even then, it would be a rather arduous task to compile a whole list, for it could be a whole dictionary.

My favourites are, esp. Masri Arabic:
  • ab, aabe, ababis, abnaq, abjed, abraar, absax, adab, abyan, anni, aan, aano, aas, abaad, aayatiin [ ... ]
  • cab, cun, baad, cay 'emphasis upon the c', cay 'emphasis upon the y', caws, cayaayir, caymis, cayn, caynaan, sug, tuf, shub, dhig, bes, us, naawil, karkabad [ ... ]
And the list could go on in an alphabetical order.

Postscript:
I once put together a list of Sanskrit root words in Somali, needless to say it was a long list.
 
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I think gaadir for wall is proto afro asiatic since you can find a similar word throughout different sub family groups. Gaadir is found in Egyptian.
 
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