Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *śaŋk-

Meaning : armpit; to tickle

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *śakaḷ-

Proto-Telugu : *cakk-/*caŋk-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *saŋk-

Proto-North Dravidian : *can-G-

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *śakaḷ-

Meaning : armpit; to tickle

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : akkuḷ, caŋkam

Tamil meaning : armpit

Tamil derivates : akkuḷu (-pp-, -tt-) to tickle

Malayalam : akkuḷam

Malayalam meaning : armpit, tickling

Malayalam derivates : ikkiḷi, kikkiḷi tickling; kikkiḷikka to tickle

Kannada : akaḷa

Kannada meaning : a term used in tickling

Kannada derivates : akaḷa-cakaḷa, akaḷa-sakaḷa excessive tickling; akkaḷike tickling; cakkalaguḷi, cakaḷaguḷi, cakkaḷaguḷi tickling another; jakkulisu to tickle, touch; ? jaŋguḍi the region of the arm

Kodagu : kakkuḷi

Kodagu meaning : tickling

Notes : Tamil caŋkam seems to be borrowed from Telugu. Kannada jakkulisu is contaminated with jakkulisu 'to amuse, etc.' The forms with initial k- are due to contamination with SDR roots like *kic-, *kid- 'to tickle'.

Number in DED : 2274

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *cakk-/*caŋk-

Meaning : armpit

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : cakkili

Additional forms : Also [1] cakkiligili, [2] cakkiliginta tickling; [1] caŋka, [2] caŋkili armpit

Number in DED : 2274

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *saŋk-

Meaning : armpit

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kolami : sakka "(P) armpit"

Kinwat Kolami : saŋka

Kolami (Setumadhava Rao) : saŋkā

Naikri : sakka

Salur Gadba : caŋka

Notes : Irregular c- in Salur. The form may be borrowed from Telugu.

Number in DED : 2274

North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *can-G-

Meaning : to itch, tickle

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : caŋgrnā "to itch, be the seat of a titillation"

Malto : cēql-kūnḍe "to tickle"

Notes : MLT cēql- possibly < *cenql-.

Additional forms : Also KUR caŋgrtaʔānā 'to tickle, titillate, please (as a musical sound)'

Number in DED : 2274

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *cVḳV

Meaning: tickle

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: Slav. *ščekotъ

Altaic: PTM *čiki-

Uralic: ćik(k)V 'tickle' (Wichmann FUF)

Dravidian: *Śaŋk-

References: ОСНЯ 1, 204-205, ND 292 *ć/ć̣[a]ḲV 'tickle'.

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : NVRV

Meaning : flow

Eurasiatic : *ńVjrV

Afroasiatic : *nihar-

Reference : ND 1619, 1622 (hard to distinguish in SH).

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nihar-

Meaning: flow

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *nVhar- 'flow'

East Chadic: *nyar- < *niHar- 'flow slowly'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1836

Proto-Semitic: *nVhar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'flow'

Arabic: nhr [-a-]

Notes: Related to *nahar- 'river': Akk nāru, Ug nhr, Hbr nāhār, Aram nahrā, Arab nahr-.

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *nyar- < *niHar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: flow slowly

Mokilko: nyèr-nyírè [JMkk]

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