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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *si̯ōlu
Meaning: easy, quick, smart
Russian meaning: легкий, быстрый, ловкий
Comments: ТМС 2, 70 (TM-Mong.). In Korean one must suppose a semantic development 'to be quick, smart' > 'to charm, seduce'. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *sila-magai
Meaning: prompt, quick, smart; bold, reckless
Russian meaning: быстрый, ловкий; храбрый, смелый
Written Mongolian: silamaɣai, šalamaɣai, šalamaɣ (L 749) Khalkha: šalamgai
Shary-Yoghur: šalamGa
Comments: MGCD 703. Derivation (or influence) from *sila 'completely, utterly' (q. v. sub *sìlá) is not excluded. monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-yuy,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *siali-
Meaning: diligent, smart, quick
Russian meaning: ловкий, проворный, старательный
Literary Manchu: silin
Nanai: sǟlị
tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-man,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *húrí-
Meaning: to charm, bewitch, seduce
Russian meaning: завлекать, очаровывать
Modern Korean: huri-, hori-
Middle Korean: húrí-
koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *sura-
Meaning: easy, quick
Russian meaning: легко, без труда
Middle Japanese: sura-ri
Tokyo: surári, surarí, súrasura
Kyoto: súràrì, súràsùrà
Kagoshima: surári, surasurá
Comments: PJ accent is not quite clear (low tone is most probable, but the word is expressive and reveals some irregularities).
japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *sVlV
Meaning: quick, keen
nostret-meaning,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 909
Proto: *siδ́V
English meaning: striving, haste; quick, keen
German meaning: Eile, Streben, Bestreben; schnell, eifrig, emsig
Komi (Zyrian): ziĺ (S) 'fleißig, eifrig, strebsam, flink; Fleiß, Eifer, Bemühung', ziĺ- (S P) 'sich bestreben, befleißigen, bemühen' ?
Hungarian: ügy, dial. igy, vigy 'Angelegenheit, Sache, (altung.) Ding; Recht', igyekez-, igyeksz- 'fleißig sein, streben', ügyes 'geschickt, tüchtig'
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-kom,uralet-ugr,
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