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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ǯule
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: front, front part
Russian meaning: перед, передняя часть
Evenki: ǯulē
Even: ǯul
Negidal: ǯul-lē
Literary Manchu: ǯule-ri; ǯulkun 'hollow under neck'
Jurchen: ǯule (ǯule-le) (598)
Ulcha: ǯuli
Orok: duli, dulde
Nanai: ǯule
Oroch: ǯulē-du
Udighe: ǯulē (Корм. 235), ǯulie
Solon: ǯuldē-du
Comments: ТМС 1, 273-274.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *čŏĺe
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: front, front part
Russian meaning: перед, передняя часть
Turkic: *döĺ
Mongolian: *döli
Tungus-Manchu: *ǯule
Korean: *čɨrǝ
Comments: KW 98 (Turk.-Mong.), SKE 35 (Kor.-Tung.), АПиПЯЯ 289.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *döĺ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: mountain slope
Russian meaning: склон горы
Turkish: döš (dial.)
Uzbek: tụš
Uighur: töš
Azerbaidzhan: döš
Khakassian: tös
Tuva: dö'š
Kirghiz: töš
Noghai: tös
Comments: ЭСТЯ 3, 287. The root should be kept distinct from *dȫĺ 'breast' q. v. sub *t`ōĺi (see Щербак 1970, 197).
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *döli
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: flat surface, Absatz auf dem Bergabhang
Russian meaning: плоская поверхность, плато на склоне горы
Written Mongolian: döli, döl (L 267)
Khalkha: döl
Kalmuck: dölǝ
Comments: KW 98.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *čɨrǝ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: before, beforehand
Russian meaning: прежде, заранее
Modern Korean: čire
Middle Korean: čɨrǝ, čɨrjǝ
Comments: Nam 436, KED 1529.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *čwVĺV
Meaning: neck, nape
Indo-European: *swel-
Altaic: *zi̯úĺa (cf. also *čŏĺe )
Uralic: *śelkä; + Perm. *śül- 'neck'
Dravidian: *ǯol-
Eskimo-Aleut: *ciluɣ (~ *cŭ-), *culuk-Ruɣ ?
Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *čiĺ'e-
Comments: Alt. *zi̯úĺa should be probably kept apart (perhaps with Drav. *ǯol-).
References: ND 2196 *ŝül̄i ~ ś- 'neck, nape' (+Eg.); 2666 *[ź]UGlE 'back side' (same Alt. + Drav. + Arab.?); 2670 *źEl̄(V)Ḳa 'back, back part of animal's body' (FU *śelkä w/o Perm. + same Turk. + Arab.?).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *swel- (Gr s-)
Meaning: mountain (ridge, forest); ridge (of a roof)
Tokharian: A ṣul, B ṣale (PT *ṣw'äle) 'mountain, hill' (Adams 651)
Old Greek: sélma n. `Deck-, Ruderplanke, Ruderbank, Verdeck, Gerüst'; selís, -ídos f. `Querbalken eines Gebäudes, eines Schiffs, Querstück, Querwand, in die Quere laufende Bank- od. Sitzreihe im Theater, Querstreifen od. Kolumne einer Papyrusrolle'
Slavic: *selmę̄ n., *selmen- m., ? *šelmę̄ 'конëк крыши' (?)
Baltic: *šel̃-mō̃ c. (?)
Germanic: *swal-ō(n-) f.; *swal-ia- n., m.; *swil-iō, *sul-iō f., sul-an- m.~n.
Latin: silva f. 'Wald; Holz'
Russ. meaning: гора, холм; конëк крыши
References: WP II 503 f, Buck 46.
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: слемя,
Near etymology: род. п. -ене "бревно, брус, перекладина", только русск.-цслав. слѣмѧ, род. п. -ене δοκός (ХI в.), наряду с этим позднее (ХVI в.) русск. соломина (Мi. LР 862; Торбьёрнссон 1, 97), болг. сле́ме (Младенов 590), сербохорв. шље̏ме, род. п. -ена "конек на крыше", словен. slẹ́me, род. п. -еnа -- то же, чеш. slémě, slemeno "брус, конек", слвц. slemä, slemeno, польск. ślemię, szlemię.
Further etymology: Праслав. *selmę, -еnе, родственно лит. šelmuõ, род. п. šelmeñs, вин. šélmenį м. "кровельный конек, фронтон, длинный брус", šelmenỹs -- то же, лтш. salmene "соломенная шляпа" (И. Шмидт, Vok. 2, 78; KZ 36, 102; Траутман, ВSW 301 и сл.; М.--Э. 3, 674 и сл.); трудно связывать это слово с греч. σέλμα, род. п. -ατος ср. р. "брус; помост; палуба; скамья гребца", гомер. εὔσσελμος "имеющий хорошие скамьи для гребцов", наряду с ἕλματα ̇ σανιδώματα (Гесихий), англос. sеаlmа, selma "ложе" (собственно "деревянная кровать"). Здесь предполагали наличие и.-е. k̂s (Кречмер (KZ 31, 422), Перссон (383), Педерсен (IF 5, 59), Торп (437), И. Шмидт (там же)). Следует отделять от слав. *selmę, др.-исл. skalm "развилок", sko<lm -- то же, вопреки Торбьёрнссону (I, 98; см. Перссон, там же), а также англос. helma "рулевое весло", вопреки Микколе (ВВ 22, 222 и сл.), так как последние слова связаны с лит. kélmas "пень", др.-прусск. kalmus "палка", греч. σκαλμός "колышек", ср.-нж.-нем. holm "перекладина" (Перссон, там же; Хольтхаузен, Aengl. Wb. 154; РВВ 44, 475). Не доказано герм. влияние на слав. слова, вопреки Стендер-Петерсену (274 и сл.), Кипарскому (179 и сл.); см. Сергиевский, ИРЯ 2, 356; Брандт, РФВ 24, 147.
Pages: 3,668-669
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *šel̃-mō̃ c.
Meaning: cross-beam
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: šelmuõ '(Dach-, Fenster)giebel, Tür, langer Balken', pl. šelmenī̃s 'Giebel, Dachfirst'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *swalō(n); *swalja-n, -z, *swaljō(n); *swiliō, *suliō, -a-
Meaning: beam, threshold
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: pl. svalar f., NIsl svoli `Holzklotz, nicht zugehauener Baumstumpf'; svill, süll f. `Grundbalken'
Old Swedish: swali `um den Oberstock des Hauses herumführender Balken (tabulatum)'
Swedish: süll
Old English: { syll, sylle f. }
English: sill
Middle Dutch: sulle, sille f.
Middle Low German: sul m., sülle m., f.
Old High German: swelli n. `Türschwelle, Fussgestell, Sockel' (9.Jh.), swella f. (13.Jh.)
Middle High German: swɛlle st./wk. f., n. 'balken zum hemmen, schwellen des wassers; balken überh., bes. grundbalken, schwelle'
German: Schwelle f.
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1672
Root: sel-2, su̯el-
English meaning: beam, board
German meaning: `Balken, Brett, aus Stämmen oder Brettern Verfertigtes'
Material: Ags. selma, sealma, as. selmo `Bett', eig. `das hölzerne Bettgestell'; lit. súolas `Bank', lit.sìlė `Trog, Schweinetrog', lett. sile `Krippe, Trog'; alb. gjolë `Platte, auf die man Viehsalz legt' (*sēlā).

    Mit Anlaut su̯-: gr. σέλμα, -ατος (bei Hes. auch ἕλματα) `Balken, Gebälk, Gerüst, bes. Schiffsverdeck, Ruderbank', hom. ἐΰσσελμος `mit guten Ruderbänken versehen', σελίς, -ίδος `Planke, Ruderbank'; ebenso ahd. swelli, mhd. swelle `Balken, Grundbalken, Schwelle', aisl. svalar f. Pl., aschwed. svali `Galerie', nisl. svoli `Holzklotz', e-stufig aisl. swill f. `Grundbalken, Schwelle', schwundstufig ags. syll, aisl. syll ds., mnd. sül, sülle, sille ds.

References: WP. II 503 f.
Pages: 898-899
PIE database: PIE database
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1605
Proto: *śelkä
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: back
German meaning: Rücken
Finnish: selkä 'Rücken' ( > Saam. N sæl'ge -lg- 'the back', L siel'kē ~ säl'kē 'Rücken (auch eines Berges)', K T sieilke, Kld. Not. sieilk 'Rücken')
Estonian: selg (gen. selja) 'Rücken, Landrücken' ( > Russ. dial. сельга 'Landrücken')
Saam (Lapp): čiel'ge -lg- (N) 'backbone; back', čieilke (T) 'Rücken, Kreuz', či̊øilke 'der untere Teil des Rückens, das Kreuz'
Mari (Cheremis): šǝ̑lǝ̑ž (U B) 'der untere Teil des Rückens, das Kreuz', šiĺe (M) 'Rücken'
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *ǯol-
Meaning : bundle, tress at the back of the head; back
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *ǯol- (?)
Proto-Telugu : *ǯoḷḷ-
Proto-North Dravidian : *colā
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯol- (?)
Meaning : pointed end of a female's bundle of hair at the back of the head
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kannada : colleya, colleha, jolleha
Kannada meaning : pointed end of a female's bundle of hair at the back of the head
Number in DED : 2858
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *ǯoḷḷ-
Meaning : a tire formed by weaving the tresses in chains and then coiling them up at the back of the head; a wreath of mangrove flowers
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : jollemu (B)
Dialectal forms (1) : joḷḷemu (B)
Number in DED : 2858
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North Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-North-Dravidian : *colā
Meaning : back wall
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kurukh : collā "back wall or back side of a house"
Malto : cole "the back of the house"
Number in DED : 2859
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Eskimo etymology :

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Proto-Eskimo: *ciluɣ (~ *cŭ-), *culuk-Ruɣ
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: feather of wing, dorsal fin
Russian meaning: перо (маховое), спинной плавник
Proto-Yupik: *ciluɣ ~ *culuɣ, *culuk=juɣ-
Proto-Inupik: *culu(ɣ), *culuRRuɣ-
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 92
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Yupik etymology :

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Proto-Yupik: *ciluɣ ~ *culuɣ, *culuk=juɣ-
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: feather 1, wing 2, body hair 3, dorsal fin 4
Russian Meaning: перо 1, крыло 2, пух 3, спинной плавник 4
Sirenik: sīlǝ́x 1
Chaplino: silúk (ɣǝt) 1
Naukan: sulúk 1
Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: culuk 1
Chugach (AAY): KP culuk 2, 3, culuxsūn 4
Koniag (AAY): culuk 2, 3
Chugach (Birket-Smith): suluxpuạq 'kelp, cod'
Central Alaskan Yupik: culuk 'quill', 4, culuksuk, culuksuɣun 'spine, backbone, hanging decoration on parka'
Nunivak (Peripheral): tculu* 1
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 92
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Inupik etymology :

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Proto-Inupik: *culų(ɣ), *culuRRuɣ-
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: feather of wing 1, dorsal fin 2, wing 3
Russian meaning: перо (маховое) 1, спинной плавник 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: suluk 1, 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq súluk 1, W suluk* (lūk, luit) 1
North Alaskan Inupik: suluk 1, sulūn 2
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl sulu* 1
Western Canadian Inupik: suluk 1 (of wing or tail), 2
WCI Dialects: Cor hulo* 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: suluk 1 (of wing or tail)
Greenlandic Inupik: suluk (suluk*) 1, 3, suluššuɣut 2
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 92
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Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology :

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Proto-Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *čiĺ'e-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning (Rus.): костяк, хребет, скелет; лоб
Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *šileqe, *-ril
Proto-Itelmen: *k-čẹč
Comments: В пpачук. аналогичное сложение *kъš=rɨl 'лоб', буквально "костяк головы".
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Chukchee-Koryak etymology :

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Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *šileqe, *-ril
Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology
Meaning (Rus.): хребет (спинной) 1, костяк, скелет, основа (в сложениях) 2
Chukchee: rílɛq(ɛ) 1, -ril 2
Koryak: jileq(e), jǝleq(e) 1, -jil 2
Palan: tǝlaq(a) 1, -ril 2
Alutor: tilaq(a) 1, -ril 2
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Itelmen etymology :

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Proto-Itelmen: *-čeč: kčeč
Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology
Meaning (Rus.): кость (вторая часть сложения 'лоб')
Itelmen: kčeč (-e'n pl.)
Itelmen meaning: лоб
West Itelmen: kičic
West Itelmen meaning: frons
West Itelmen meaning (Polish): czoɫo
South Itelmen: čiš_a [čiša*]
South Itelmen meaning (Latin): frons
South Itelmen meaning (Polish): czoɫo
Number in Volodin 1976: 27, 126
Comments: В словаpе Дыбовского в юж. камч. неправильно понято pус. рукописное "ш" = [š] как "м" = [m], сp. у Кpашенинникова čiša 'caput'.
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