Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *nili-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to scrape off, polish

Russian meaning: соскребать, полировать

Evenki: nili-

Literary Manchu: nila- / nile-

Ulcha: ńīli-

Nanai: ńīla-

Udighe: nila- (Корм. 266)

Comments: ТМС 1, 592.

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *ńiĺu ( ~ -o)

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: to polish, scrape

Russian meaning: полировать, скрести

Turkic: *jɨĺ-

Mongolian: *ǯilgü-

Tungus-Manchu: *nili-

Korean: *(n)īr-

Comments: SKE 69, Дыбо 15.

Turkic etymology :

Proto-Turkic: *jɨĺ-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to rub, polish

Russian meaning: тереть, полировать

Tatar: jɨš- (Sib.)

Khakassian: čɨs-

Oyrat: jɨš-

Comments: VEWT 202, ЭСТЯ 1, 667.

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *ǯilgü-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to shave, scrape, wipe

Russian meaning: брить, соскребать, стирать

Written Mongolian: ǯülgü-, ǯilgü- (L 1085)

Khalkha: ʒülge-

Buriat: zülge-

Kalmuck: zülgǝ-

Ordos: ǯülgü-

Comments: KW 483.

Korean etymology :

Proto-Korean: *(n)īr-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to clear out, rinse

Russian meaning: вычищать, промывать

Modern Korean: īl- (NKor. nil-)

Middle Korean: īr-

Comments: Nam 405, KED 1351.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *ńVwlV

Meaning: to fade, pick out hair

Altaic: *ńŏ̀lo ( ~ -u-)

Uralic: *ńilke (*ńülke)

Dravidian: *nuḷ-

Comments: There is also FU *ńaḷV- 'get spoiled (skin)' (ND 1594) and PA *ńiĺu 'to polish, scrape' (see ND 1594 *ńaGḷV, where this FU is compared with unsecure Drav. (*nal- 'squeeze') and Arab.); so there may be more roots here. [For Drav. *nal- 'squeeze' cf. Ug. *ńolV 'press'].

References: МССНЯ 347, ОСНЯ 2, 91-92. ND 1582 *ńogüḷV (or *ńogUḷ/ĺV) 'tear asunder, pinch, tatter' (Drav.-Ur. + Mong. noɣula-, noɣura-? + SH *nVgVl-?); ND 1593 *ńuʡl̄V 'pluck, pull out, tear out' (with a great confusion of this root and *nVlV; + Arab.).

Uralic etymology :

Number: 636

Proto: *ńilke (*ńülke)

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: to skin, depilate

German meaning: (Haut) abziehen, abhäuten, haaren

Finnish: nylke- '(ein Tier) abziehen, abhäuten, schinden', nilki (gen. niljen) 'Unterhaut', nilke-, nilko- 'Narben abziehen, abschaben, häuten'

Estonian: nülge-, nülgi- 'schinden, abreiben, abscheuern; berauben'

Saam (Lapp): njâl'gâ- -lg- (N) 'get the hair or feathers torn or scraped off' ?

Mordovian: ńeĺge- (E M) 'entreißen, wegnehmen'

Khanty (Ostyak): ńĕɣлǝm- (J), ńĕɣǝtmǝ- (Ko.) 'sich mausern, haaren' ?

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *nuḷ-

Meaning : to pinch

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *nuḷ-

Proto-Telugu : *nul-

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *nuḷ-

Meaning : to pinch

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : nuḷḷu (nuḷḷi-)

Tamil meaning : to pinch, nip; n. a pinch, nip

Malayalam : nuḷḷuka

Malayalam meaning : to pinch, pluck

Malayalam derivates : nuḷḷa a pinch, bit; nuḷḷal a pinch, harvest of grains that are picked

Kannada : nuḷḷu

Kannada meaning : (Gowda) to pinch

Proto-Nilgiri : *nuḷ-ĭ-

Number in DED : 3717

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *nuḷ-ĭ-

Meaning : to pinch

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nuḷy- (nuḷc-)

Number in DED : 3717

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *nul-

Meaning : to pinch

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : nulumu

Telugu (Krishnamurti) : nul(u)cu

Number in DED : 3717

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