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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *sankí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: heron
Russian meaning: цапля
Old Japanese: sag(j)i
Middle Japanese: sagi
Tokyo: sàgi, sági
Kyoto: ságí
Kagoshima: ságì
Comments: JLTT 515. Variants *sá(n)kí (reflected in most dialects) and *sà(n)kí (cf. Tokyo sági) can be reconstructed.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *sugá
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: a k. of water-bird
Russian meaning: вид водоплавающей птицы
Tungus-Manchu: *sugen ( ~ -b-)
Korean: *sói
Japanese: *sankí
Comments: An Eastern isogloss. Cf. Karakh. sügič 'a k. of bird' (?) (EDT 819).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sugen ( ~ -b-)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 gull 2 heron
Russian meaning: 1 чайка-рыболов 2 цапля
Literary Manchu: suwan / suwen 1
Jurchen: su-wen (181) 2
Comments: ТМС 2, 117.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *sói
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: kingfisher
Russian meaning: зимородок
Middle Korean: sói-sāi
Comments: Nam 311.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *sVgV (?)
Meaning: a k. of water bird (gull?)
Borean: Borean
Altaic: *sugá (cf. also *sakosako 'magpie'?)
Uralic: *śäkće (cf. also *čäčkä)
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 960
Proto: *śäkće
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: a k. of bird of prey
German meaning: eine Art Raubvogel: Fischadler, ? Möwe
Finnish: sääksi (gen. sääksen), sääski, kala-sääski 'Falco milvus; Fischadler, Pandion'
Estonian: sääsk (gen. sääse), kala-sääsk 'Haliaetus albicilla briss; Fischadler'
Saam (Lapp): čiek'ča -vč- (N) 'Pandion haliaëtus; osprey' (? > Finn. dial. kiekki 'eine Art Möwe' - or < Kar.), tjiektja (L) 'Pandion haliaëtus; Fischadler', tš́ĭĕ͔χ̄t̀́š́(A) (Ko. Not.) 'Fischadler'
Komi (Zyrian): čikči (? = ćikći) 'Möwe; Larus'
Khanty (Ostyak): süɣǝs (V), siwǝs (DN O) 'Fischadler, Sturmmöwe'
Mansi (Vogul): siws (KU P), siɣǝs (So.) 'Möwe'
Sammalahti's version: *s'ä/e/aks'i
Addenda: Kar. t́š́iekšo, t́š́iekša 'Fischadler'
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : SVKV
Meaning : a k. of bird
Eurasiatic : *sVgV (?)
Amerind (misc.) : *sokal 'hawk' (R 362)
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