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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *s[é]rko
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: a k. of blossoming bush
Russian meaning: вид цветущего кустарника
Turkic: {Oghuz sorgun 'a k. of willow'}
Mongolian: *surgar
Tungus-Manchu: *seŋkürē
Korean: *sằrkó
Japanese: *sákúra
Comments: The etymology seems plausible, despite some phonetic problems, both explainable as metatheses in an expressive plant name: Mong. surgar instead of an expected *sargur, and TM *seŋkürē instead of an expected *serkü-(ŋē?). Cf. *sáro, with a possibility of contaminations.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *surgar
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: ledum, Labrador tea
Russian meaning: ledum; багульник болотный
Written Mongolian: surɣar (МХТТТ 491)
Khalkha: surgar
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *seŋkürē
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: a k. of bush, багульник
Russian meaning: багульник
Evenki: seŋkirē
Even: heŋkъje
Negidal: seŋkijē
Literary Manchu: seŋkiri x́an 'назв. растения'
Ulcha: seŋkure
Orok: sekkure
Nanai: sēŋkure
Oroch: seŋki
Udighe: seŋkie
Comments: ТМС 2, 143.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *sằrkó
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: peach, apricot
Russian meaning: персик, абрикос
Modern Korean: salgu
Middle Korean: sằrkó
Comments: Nam 291, KED 896.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *sákúra
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: sakura
Russian meaning: сакура
Old Japanese: sakura
Middle Japanese: sákúrà
Tokyo: sàkura
Kyoto: sákúrá
Kagoshima: sakúra
Comments: JLTT 517. Modern dialects point rather to *sákúrá, but RJ has a low tone on the final syllable. The word can hardly be separated from *sák- 'to blossom' (OJ sak-, Tokyo sàk-, Kyoto sák-, Kagoshima - with an irregular tone - sàk-).
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *CVnKV ?
Meaning: a k. of berry
Altaic: *s[é]rko (?*-n-) (cf. also *šaŋku 1967)
Kartvelian: *cinq̇wa-
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *cinq̇wa-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: земляника, брусника
English meaning: wild strawberry, cowberry
Georgian: cmq̇wa-
Megrel: cǝmʔva, cǝmva
Svan: cinq̇a
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 224, EWK 450. Ср. алт. *se(ŋ)kuŕV 'вид растения с ягодами'.
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