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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *zejĺu
Meaning: metal
Russian meaning: металл
Comments: KW 323, Poppe 29 (Mong.-Tung.), Лексика 412, Whitman 1985, 188, 234 (Kor.-Jpn.). In Turkic -lm- reflects *-ĺm- ("Helimski's rule"). *-j- has to be reconstructed to account for the loss of -ĺ- in Kor. This is the only root pertaining to metal terminology that can be reconstructed for PA, and it is not quite clear what metal was meant (perhaps meteorite iron - it is highly dubious that the speakers of PA possessed any kind of developed metallurgy). Note that in the Turko-Mong. area the metal name as such was lost and preserved only within the name of iron objects (sabre, armour). altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Proto-Turkic: *jElme-
Meaning: blade or upper part of sabre
Russian meaning: лезвие или конец сабли
Turkish: jelme, jälman, jalman, jalɨm
Kazakh: žalman (dial.)
Comments: VEWT 196, ЭСТЯ 4, 103-104, Лексика 412 (but relating here jalma 'quilted coat' is dubious). turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-trk,turcet-chg,turcet-kaz,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *seleme
Meaning: sabre
Russian meaning: сабля
Written Mongolian: seleme, selme (L 686) Khalkha: selm
Buriat: helme
Kalmuck: selmǝ
Ordos: seleme
Shary-Yoghur: selme
Monguor: silǝm
Comments: KW 323, MGCD 598. Sukhebaatar and Rozycki 177 derive Mong. < Manchu seleme 'sable', but the direction of borrowing was rather reverse. monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-ord,monget-dag,monget-yuy,monget-mgr,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sele
Meaning: iron
Russian meaning: железо
Evenki: sele
Even: hel
Negidal: sele
Spoken Manchu: selǝ (2116)
Literary Manchu: sele
Jurchen: sele (574)
Ulcha: sele
Orok: sele
Nanai: sele
Oroch: sele
Udighe: sele
Solon: sele
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *sói
Meaning: metal
Russian meaning: металл, железо
Modern Korean: swe
Middle Korean: sói
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *sunsu
Meaning: tin
Russian meaning: жесть, олово
Old Japanese: suzu
Middle Japanese: suzu
Tokyo: súzu
Kyoto: súzù
Kagoshima: súzu
Comments: JLTT 535. Accent is not quite clear: Tokyo points to *sù(n)sú, while Kyoto and Kagoshima - to *sú(n)sù. japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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