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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *si̯òmì ( ~ z-)
Meaning: wet snow, hoar-frost
Russian meaning: мокрый снег, иней
Comments: The match with Japanese is both phonetically and semantically precise, so the root seems quite reliable (despite sparse attestation in TM).
altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *simarga
Meaning: wet snow
Russian meaning: мокрый снег
Written Mongolian: simarɣa, simergen, šamaraɣ (L 709) Khalkha: šamarga
Buriat: šamarga(n)
Kalmuck: šamrɣǝ
Ordos: šimarGa, šimarxaG 'grésil'
monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-ord,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sumu
Meaning: wet snow, rain with snow
Russian meaning: мокрый снег, дождь со снегом
Evenki: sumu
Comments: ТМС 2, 126. Attested only in Evk., but with good parallels from Mong. and Jap. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *sìmǝ̀
Meaning: frost, cold rain
Russian meaning: иней, холодный дождь
Old Japanese: sim(w)o
Middle Japanese: simo
Tokyo: shimó
Kyoto: shímò
Kagoshima: shimó
japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *sVmV ( ~ z-, ž-, š-)
Meaning: moisture
Dravidian: SDr *sim- 'moisture; cold' (2168)
nostret-meaning,nostret-alt,nostret-drav,
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