Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *ar-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: or, perhaps

Russian meaning: или, возможно

Old Japanese: arupa, aruipa

Middle Japanese: arufa, aruifa

Tokyo: aruiwa

Comments: JLTT 384.

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *aŕV

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: or

Russian meaning: или

Turkic: *aŕu

Japanese: *ar-

Comments: JOAL 147. An interesting Turkic-Jpn. isogloss.

Turkic etymology :

Proto-Turkic: *aŕu

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: or

Russian meaning: или

Old Turkic: azu (OUygh.)

Karakhanid: azu (MK)

Tuva: azɨ

Comments: EDT 280.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *HVŕV

Meaning: and, or

Indo-European: *ara / *erǝ part./conj.

Altaic: *aŕV

References: Suggested by V. Glumov.

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *ara / *erǝ

Meaning: part./conj.

Old Greek: ára, ár, encl. rha `natürlich, eben, dann; so'; ā̂ra interrog. particle, implying anxiety or impatience

Baltic: *ar, *ir

References: WP I 77

Baltic etymology :

Proto-Baltic: *ar, *ir

Meaning: part./conj.

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Old Lithuanian: er = Fragepart. ar̃ und = ir̃ 'auch';

Lithuanian: ir̃ `und, auch', ar̃ 'ob, oder', dial. 'und, auch'

Lettish: ir `und; auch, sogar'; ar, arî, ari 'auch', ar 'mit'; (Anzen) ęr, ę (< ęr) 'auch'

Old Prussian: ir `und, auch'

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