Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *t`uĺi ( ~ -e)

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: seed, eggs

Russian meaning: семя, яйца

Turkic: *Tüĺ

Tungus-Manchu: *tola

Comments: A Turk.-Tung. isogloss. Mong. töl 'newborn animals' may reflect a merger of this root with a borrowing from Turk. *döl q. v.; but cf. perhaps tulbaɣa(n) (Khalkha tulbān) 'fry of the Siberian salmon', tulu 'Siberian salmon' - which can belong here if the meaning 'salmon fry' was original in Mongolian (with a later development > 'salmon' and consequent formation of the new derivative for 'salmon fry').

Turkic etymology :

Proto-Turkic: *Tüĺ

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: fruit, seed

Russian meaning: плод, семя

Old Turkic: tüš (OUygh.)

Tatar: töš

Chuvash: tǝʷžǝʷ > Komi tuś, NW tǝržǝ

Bashkir: töš

Comments: EDT 558-559, VEWT 507, Лексика 114, Федотов 2, 225, Егоров 249.

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *tola

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: frog eggs

Russian meaning: лягушачья икра

Negidal: tolo

Oroch: tolo

Udighe: toli

Comments: ТМС 2, 195.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *ṭUĺV

Meaning: egg

Borean: Borean

Altaic: *t`uĺi ( ~ -e)

Dravidian: *tōl-

References: Suggested by V. Glumov.

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *tōl-

Meaning : egg

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *tōl-

Brahui : -tōl

Notes : Cf. PDR *tōl 'skin, hide'.

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *tōl-

Meaning : egg

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *tōl-a

Kui-Kuwi etymology :

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *tōl-a

Meaning : egg

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : ṭōla "lump, excrescence, egg"

Parja Kuwi : tōla

Tekriya Kuwi : tōla

Dongriya Kuwi : tōla

Notes : The initial ṭ- in Kui can be understood only if we suppose the existence of a parallel variant *ṭōḍa (where *-l- > *-ḍ-, as it does regularly; cf. PK *tōlu).

Number in DED : 3560

Brahui etymology :

Brahui : -tōl

Meaning : in: zartōl tortoise egg (zar- < Ar. ẓahr)

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Number in DED : 3560

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : TVLV

Meaning : egg

Eurasiatic : *ṭUĺV

Sino-Caucasian : *ṭVɫV

Reference : Suggested by V. Glumov.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ṭVɫV

Meaning: egg

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *t[i]l

Burushaski: *tile

Comments and references : ?Cf. Tsakh. ṭiliḳ `fruit stone'.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *t[i]l

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: egg, testicle

Chinese: 蚳 *d(h)rǝj ( ~ -ij) ant's egg (?)

Tibetan: thul egg, testicle

Lushai: til testicles and scrotum, KC *til

Lepcha: a-thol testicle

Comments: STEDT 107-110 *[td]il ~ [td]ul. The word is probably different from *t[u]j, but actively contaminating. The OC form (rather dubious) is related to *t[u]j in STEDT, but it is rather related to t[i]l (if it is related at all). One also wonders if the local root *[n/s]-tow 'egg' reflected in Idu, Qiang and some Lolo languages (STEDT 114-115; note also the "rootlet" *du 'brood, incubate', STEDT 132, reflected only in Tamang and Thakali) does not in fact reflect *t[u]l.

Chinese characters :

Character: 蚳

Modern (Beijing) reading: chí

Preclassic Old Chinese: d(h)rǝj (~ -ij)

Classic Old Chinese: d(h)rǝj

Western Han Chinese: ḍ(h)ǝj

Eastern Han Chinese: ḍ(h)ǝj

Early Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)ij

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)ij

Late Postclassic Chinese: ḍ(h)i

Middle Chinese: ḍi

English meaning : ant's egg

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 0

Four-angle index: 0

Karlgren code: 0590 m

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *tile

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: walnut

Yasin: telé

Hunza: tili

Nagar: tili

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