Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *Sav- (?)

Meaning : flesh, meat

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *sav-

Brahui : sū

Notes : Correspondences are unclear.

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *sav-

Meaning : flesh

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *sav-i

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *sav-i

Meaning : flesh, meat

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : sawwī

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : sāwī

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : savvī

Muria Gondi : havi "flesh, meat, gum of tooth"

Maria Gondi : aviŋ, havi

Seoni Gondi : havi "flesh, meat, gum of tooth"

Koya Gondi : aviŋ

Yeotmal Gondi : savvi

Chindwara Gondi : savvi

Adilabad Gondi : savi

Number in DED : 3373

Number in CVOTGD : 3359

Brahui etymology :

Brahui : sū

Meaning : flesh, meat

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Number in DED : 3373

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *c`ebV

Meaning: flesh, fat

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: ?Lat. sēbum 'tallow'

Altaic: *sepV

Uralic: *ćowja, ćojwa

Dravidian: *Sav- (?)

References: ND 2183 *ŝäb(V)XV 'tallow, animal fat' (IE, Alt + SH).

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *sepV

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: inner fat, entrails

Russian meaning: внутренний жир, кишки

Mongolian: *sebe-sü

Tungus-Manchu: *sebe

Comments: A Mong.-Tung. isogloss. Cf. perhaps mod. Turkic forms like Turk. suǯuq 'entrail' etc. - perhaps < PT *sab-čuk.

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *sebe-sü

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: entrails of animals; cud; spittle of camels

Russian meaning: содержимое кишок жвачных животных; жвачка; плевок верблюда

Written Mongolian: sebesü(n), sebüsü(n) (L 679)

Khalkha: sevs

Buriat: hebhe(n)

Kalmuck: sewsṇ

Ordos: sewesu(n)

Shary-Yoghur: sǝwēsǝn

Comments: KW 327, MGCD 596.

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sebe

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 inner fat (of animals) 2 to melt fat

Russian meaning: 1 внутренний жир (животных) 2 вытапливать жир

Evenki: sewen 1, sewe- 2

Even: hewje 'one of bear's names'

Orok: seɣine 1

Oroch: sewe- 2

Udighe: sewesi- 2

Comments: ТМС 2, 135.

Uralic etymology :

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : fat, intestines

Eurasiatic : *sebV ( ~ ś-, š-)

Afroasiatic : *ŝVbVħ- 'fat', ECush. *subaħ- 'butter'

Sino-Caucasian : *šdăbV́

Reference : ND 2183.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *šdăbV́

Meaning: internal organ

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ǯăwV ( ~ -b-)

Sino-Tibetan: *cuap ( ~ ć-)

Yenisseian: *tV(ʔ)pVĺ- (~-b-)

Burushaski: *ćhap ?

Basque: *śabe-l

Comments and references : HGC 26. Cf. ND *ǯʷḗy 'heart' (?)

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ǯăwV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: kidney; gall

Proto-Nakh: *ǯim

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *žV(bV)

Proto-Tsezian: *žebu B

Proto-West Caucasian: *žǝ

Notes: The PN form has been transformed under influence of *stim 'gall' q.v. Otherwise the correspondences are regular.

    For phonetic reasons, as well as because of another quite satisfactory etymology, one must give up the comparison of PWC *žǝ with Av. c:in, PN *stim etc. 'gall', proposed by Trubetzkoy (1930, 278; see also Шагиров 1, 205).

Nakh etymology :

Proto-Nakh: *ǯim

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: kidney

Chechen: žim

Ingush: žim

Batsbi: žĩ

Comments: Obl. base *ǯamu-r- (cf. Ing. žomar-) / *ǯima- (Chech. žima-). 6th class in all languagess.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *žV(bV)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: kidney

Avar: baʕár-žo

Comments: Cf. also úrhis:a-žo id. In modern Av. the component -žo here is perceived as žo 'thing' ('red thing', 'inner thing'); this is obviously a folk etymology, and Av. -žo = PTs *žebu etc. It is interesting to note also Arch. žan 'spleen' which must be a borrowing from old Avar (but contaminated with Av. žan / < Pers./ 'soul').

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *žebu B

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: liver

Tsezi: žubi

Ginukh: žubo

Khvarshi: žiba (Radzhibov)

Inkhokvari: žubu

Bezhta: šebo

Gunzib: šebu

Comments: PTsKh *žubǝ, PGB *šebu; a metathesis of vowels must be assumed for PTsKh.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *žǝ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: gall

Abkhaz: á-z

Abaza: az

Adyghe: zazǝ

Kabardian: zaz

Ubykh: -ca (?)

Comments: PAT *(a)źǝ (cf. Bzyb. - in Marr's notation - á-ź); PAK (reduplicated) *zazǝ. Ub. -ca may be observed in c̣ʷa-cá 'gall' - assimilation from *c̣ʷa-zá (?); note that Ub. zaza 'gall' (recorded by Dirr), as well as Abaz. zaz (coexisting with the genuine az), is an Adygh loanword.

    The correspondence PAK, Ub. z : PAT *ź points to PWC *ž.

    See Trubetzkoy 1930, 86; Шакрыл 1968, 25; Aбдоков 1973, 52; Шагиров 1977, 205.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *cuap ( ~ ć-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lung

Burmese: ćhut the lungs.

Lushai: čuap the lungs, KC *M-tśuap.

Kiranti: *cV(p)-ba 'heart'

Comments: Garo ka-sop; Newari swo. Ben. 56.

Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *cV(p)-ba

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: heart

Kaling: 'cö (Toba)

Dumi: cuba

Kulung: cɔwa

Comments: The word structure is not quite clear.

Dumi dictionary :

Entry: tsuba

Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: heart

Nepali: muṭu, hrödaya

Comments: cf. lum, thɨtnɨ vt-2a (2b).

Kulung dictionary :

Entry: cɔwa

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: heart

Nepali: muṭu.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *tVpVĺ- (~-b-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: spleen

Kottish: tebolä (Бол.)

Arin: tabre (Лоск.)

Comments: ССЕ 292. See also in the lemma *seŋ 'liver'. Werner 2, 230.

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *ćhap

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: meat

Yasin: ćap

Hunza: ćhap

Nagar: ćhap

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *śabe-l

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: belly

Bizkaian: sabel

Gipuzkoan: sabel

High Navarrese: sabel

Low Navarrese: sabel

Lapurdian: sabel

Baztanese: sabel

Zuberoan: sábel

Roncalese: sabel

Comments: Also BZK GIP ema-sabel 'womb' ('female-belly').

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