Change viewing parameters
Select another database

Altaic etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Altaic: *p`erkV
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: to tie round, surround
Russian meaning: обвязывать, окружать
Mongolian: *hergi-
Tungus-Manchu: *perke-
Comments: Poppe 103, Цинциус 1984, 70. A Mong.-Tung. isogloss.
altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-reference,

Search within this database


Mongolian etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Mongolian: *hergi-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to go round
Russian meaning: кружиться, вертеться
Written Mongolian: erge-, ergi- (L 323)
Middle Mongolian: xergi- (SH), hirgi- (MA)
Khalkha: ergi-
Buriat: erje-
Kalmuck: ergi-
Ordos: erge-
Dagur: ergi- ( < lit.), xergi-, xorgi- (Тод. Даг. 140, 177)
Shary-Yoghur: heregdī-
Monguor: xǝrgi- (SM 167), xargi- (Huzu)
Mogol: irga- 'to spin a spindle' (Weiers)
Comments: KW 124, MGCD 267. Mong. > Man. erguwe- etc., see Doerfer MT 72; > Yak. ergij-, Dolg. ergij- (see Kaɫ. MEJ 67, Stachowski 47).
monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-mmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-ord,monget-dag,monget-yuy,monget-mgr,monget-mogh,monget-reference,

Search within this database


Tungus etymology :

Search within this database
Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *perke-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to bind, tie round
Russian meaning: связывать, перевязывать, обвязывать
Evenki: herke-
Even: herkъ-
Negidal: xejke-
Orok: pitu- 'man's girdle'
Solon: ekke-
Comments: ТМС 2, 369-370. Note that Ud. xeke-, Ul. xerke- and Nan. xerke- are rather borrowed < Man. xergi- < PTM *kerge- (v. sub *kèra).
tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-ork,tunget-sol,tunget-reference,

Search within this database


Nostratic etymology :

Search within this database
Eurasiatic: *ṗVrV
Meaning: around
Indo-European: *peri 'around' (if distinct from general *per-)
Altaic: *p`erkV
Uralic: *pire ( ~ *pirä) (cf. also *perV )
References: UEW 384, ND 1770 *P_i[h/X/Q]RE 'around' ( + Eg.). Cf. *ṗVjrV.
nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-reference,

Search within this database


Uralic etymology :

Search within this database
Number: 784
Proto: *pire ( ~ *pirä)
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: ring, circle; to surround
German meaning: Kreis; Ring; umgeben, umgrenzen
Finnish: piiri (gen. piirin) 'Kreis, Zirkel, Bezirk' ( > Saam. N büŕi 'pasturing district', L pīri 'Distrikt, Bezirk')
Estonian: piir (gen. piiri, piire) 'Umkreis, Grenze, Umweg', piira- 'umgrenzen, umgeben, Kreise beschreiben'
Saam (Lapp): birrå (N) (postp., prep.) 'round, around', pirra (L), pi̊rr (T Kld. Not.), pir (A) 'herum, um'
Mordovian: piŕe (E), peŕä (M) 'eingezäunter Platz', piŕa-, peŕa-, piŕi- (E) 'zäunen, umringen', peŕt́ (E), peŕf (M) 'um'
Selkup: pǖre (TaU) 'Ring', pyr (Ke.) 'Kreis; rund', pȫrök (Ty.) id. ?
Kamass: pjeri 'ringsum, um' ?
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-fin,uralet-est,uralet-saa,uralet-mrd,uralet-slk,uralet-kam,

Search within this database

Select another database
Change viewing parameters
Total pages generatedPages generated by this script
12171361701340
Help
StarLing database serverPowered byCGI scripts
Copyright 1998-2003 by S. StarostinCopyright 1998-2003 by G. Bronnikov
Copyright 2005-2014 by Phil Krylov