Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *čằbà ( ~ -o)

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: sack

Russian meaning: мешок

Tungus-Manchu: *ǯaPku

Korean: *čar

Japanese: *tàpàra

Comments: An Eastern isogloss. Kor. *čàr is a contraction < *čawar < *čabar.

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ǯaPku

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: quiver

Russian meaning: колчан

Literary Manchu: ǯabqu

Ulcha: ǯapaụ(n)

Nanai: ǯafụ

Oroch: ǯapku

Comments: ТМС 1, 251.

Korean etymology :

Proto-Korean: *čar

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: sack

Russian meaning: мешок

Modern Korean: čaru

Middle Korean: čar

Comments: Nam 416, KED 1376.

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *tàpàra

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: sack

Russian meaning: мешок

Middle Japanese: tàfàra

Tokyo: tawará

Kyoto: táwàrà

Kagoshima: tawará

Comments: JLTT 544.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *[cw]VwV

Meaning: sack, cover

Indo-European: *skeu- ?

Altaic: *čằbà ( ~ -o)

Uralic: *čawa

Kartvelian: (cu-?)

Dravidian: *ǯavaḷ-i

Comments: Expected *s- in IE.

References: ND 321 *ćAw(h)V 'cover, dress' (IE - Drav.; but Kartv. cw- rather to *wVCV q.v.). In ND 378 *č[aw]ba '(hide as) cloth/sack' Alt. (together with Mong. reflexes of *č`i̯op`a 'k. of clothing') is compared with the same Drav., but also with Georg. čobali 'Netz (Teil des Bauchfells) or Georg. čavi 'pritschenartige Liegestätte aus Geflecht'???

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *(s)kewǝ-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to cover

Hittite: iskunahh- 'einsetzen, installieren' (Tischler 403)

Old Indian: skunā́ti, skunóti, skāuti `to cover'

Armenian: chiv `Dach, Decke'

Baltic: *skaû- (2) vb. tr.

Germanic: *skau-n-ō f., *skū-l-a- vb., -ō- vb., *skiu-l-a- n., *skiw-ō f., *skiu-ja- adj., *skaw-al-an- m., *skū-r=, etc.

Celtic: *kūlā > OIr cūl `Versteck'; Cymr cil, ysgil `Versteck'

Russ. meaning: покрывать

References: WP II 546 f

Baltic etymology :

Proto-Baltic: *skaû- (2) vb. tr.

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lettish: skaût (skauju/-nu, skāvu/skavu) `umarmen, fest (her)umlegen'

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *skaunō, *skūlan-/-ōn- vb., *skiula-n, *skiwō, *skiuja-, *skawalēn, *skūr= etc.

Meaning: cover, scales

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Norse: skjōl n. `Obdach, Zufluchtsort, Schuppen'; skjōla f. `Milchgefäss'; skǖla wk. `schützen, schirmen'; skǖli m. `Versteck, Schutz'; skāli `Scheune; Trinkhalle'; skūr n. `Mandelkernhaut', NIsl skūr `Scheune, Schuppen'; skaun f. `Schild' (poet.)

Norwegian: skjol; skjɔ `Scheuer', dial. skūr `oberste Schicht eines Heuschobers'; sküla vb.; sküle; skɔle

Old Swedish: skīūl

Swedish: dial. skjula; sküla vb.; dial. skɔl(a) `Hütte'; dial. skur `Schutzdach, Schuppen'

Old Danish: skule vb.

Danish: skjul; skur `Schutzdach, Schuppen'

Old Frisian: skūl `Versteck'; skjāle `Stall, Schuppen'

Old Saxon: skūr 'Schutz, Obdach'

Middle Dutch: scūre f.; scūlen st./wk. `schuilen, verborgen zijn, zich bergen'

Dutch: schuur f.; schuiken

Middle Low German: schūl n. `Versteck'; schūre; schūlen wk. `verborgen zijn, zich verbergen, loeren'; schǖne; schǖre

Low German: schūl `Versteck; Schutz, Schuppen'

Old High German: scūr (9./10.Jh.) m. `Wetterdach, Schutz', scūra (11.Jh.), sciura (9.Jh.) `schuur'; scūlinga f. `schuilplaats'; scuginna 'Schuppen, Obdach' (10.Jh.)

Middle High German: schūlen wk. `verborgen sein'; schūr st. m. `schutz, schirm, obdach'; schiun(e) wk./st. f. `Scheune'; schiur(e), schür, schiuwer st./wk. f. 'scheuer'

German: Scheuer f., Scheune f.

Uralic etymology :

Number: 1230

Proto: *čawa

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: a k. of container

German meaning: irgendein Behälter: Sack, Beutel, Schale

Mordovian: čava (E), M šava 'Schale, Napf'

K. Redei's notes: Läpp. sāgńă 'saccus ...' (Paasonen: Suomi 1897/3/13:8 mit ?; Setälä: SS 1:184; E. Itkonen: FUF 29: 321) kann vor allem wegen des anlautenden s keine Entsprechung der obengenannten Wörter sein.

Addenda: Olon. (KKS) hoavo 'säkki (kangas), pussi; Sack(stoff), Beutel, Säckchen'; Lüd. (Kuj.) havad, huavo, hoavo 'säkki; Sack'; Veps. (Paas.: Suomi 1897/3/13:8) havad

References: Paasonen: Suomi 1897/3/13:8, MordChr. 134; Toivonen: Vir. 1929:64; E. Itkonen: FUF 29:321; SKES; Hakulinen, SKRK³ 270.

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *ǯavaḷ-i

Meaning : a k. of cloth

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *ǯavaḷ-i

Proto-Telugu : *ǯavaḷ-i

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯavaḷ-i

Meaning : cloth

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cavaḷi

Tamil meaning : cloth, piece-goods

Malayalam : cavaḷi

Malayalam meaning : any cloth

Kannada : javaḷi

Kannada meaning : cloth of any kind

Tulu : javaḷi, jauḷi

Tulu meaning : cloth

Number in DED : 2394

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *ǯavaḷ-i

Meaning : cloths, drapery

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : javaḷi

Number in DED : 2394

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