Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *guri-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: hungry, starving

Russian meaning: голодный, умирающий от голода

Written Mongolian: ɣuriɣa, ɣuriɣu

Khalkha: guriad-

Buriat: gurinxa

Kalmuck: ɣuŕǟ, ɣoŕū, ɣoŕǖ

Comments: KW 151, 155.

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *górà ( ~ -ŕ-)

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: to starve, be empty

Russian meaning: голодать, быть пустым

Mongolian: *guri-

Tungus-Manchu: *gure-

Korean: *kòrh-

Japanese: *kárà

Comments: Martin 231 (Kor.-Jpn.)

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *gure-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: free, spacious

Russian meaning: свободный, просторный

Negidal: gujexī

Ulcha: gure

Orok: gurei

Nanai: guxe (irreg. < *gure-ke ?)

Oroch: gure-ni

Comments: ТМС 1, 169.

Korean etymology :

Proto-Korean: *kòrh-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to be hungry; to be empty

Russian meaning: быть голодным; быть пустым

Modern Korean: kophɨ-, kol- [kolh-]

Middle Korean: kòr-phằ-, kòrh-

Comments: Nam 51, KED 152, 160.

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *kárà

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: empty

Russian meaning: пустой

Middle Japanese: kara (in comp.)

Tokyo: kará

Kyoto: kàrá

Kagoshima: kárà

Comments: JLTT 438. The accent in Kyoto is irregular, but Tokyo and Kagoshima point more or less certainly to *kárà. Despite Martin (ibid.), the word should be probably distinguished from *kárà 'shell'.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *gVrV

Meaning: to be hungry, yearn

Indo-European: *ghAr[e]dh-, *ghrēdh-

Altaic: *górà ( ~ -ŕ-)

References: Suggested by V. Glumov.

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *ghAr[e]dh-, *ghrēdh-

Meaning: to be hungry, to long for

Old Indian: gŕ̥dhyati `to covet, desire', gr̥dhnú- `greedily desirous', gŕ̥dhra- `eager for, desirous of', gardha- m. `desire, greediness'

Baltic: *gar̂d-u- (2), *gard-ē̂- vb.

Germanic: *grēd-a- m., -u- c., *grēd-an- m.; *grad-a- adj.

Albanian: gɛrdɛs 'Mädchenjäger'

Russ. meaning: голодать, стремится

References: WP I 633 (quite different in Pok.)

Comments: Cf. (for OInd) Slav *žьldḗtī, *žьldjǭ; *goldъ.

Baltic etymology :

Proto-Baltic: *gard-u- (2), *gard-ē̂- vb. (Lett AC 2 ~ Lith CIRC)

Meaning: flavoured, tasty

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lithuanian: gardù- 'wohlschmeckend, schmackhaft, lecker, würzig', gardḗti 'schmackhaft werden', gar̃dinti 'wohlschmeckend machen', gar̃di-s 'Schmackhaftigkeit'

Lettish: gar̂ds 'wohlschmeckend, schmackhaft; angenehm, süss, behaglich'

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *grēda-z, -u-z, *grēdēn; *grada-

Meaning: hunger, hungry

IE etymology: IE etymology

Gothic: *grēdu-s m. (u) `hunger', grēdag-s (a) `hungry', *grēdōn wk. `hunger'

Old Norse: grāδr, grāδi m. `Gier, Hunger'; graδ-r `unverschnitten, zeugungsfähig'

Norwegian: grɔde; grad, gra `unverschnitten, brünstig'

Old English: adv. (dat. pl.) grǟdum `gierig'; grǟdig `gierig'

Old High German: { grātag `gierig' }

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