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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *jelí- (~ *a-)
Meaning : to melt, dissolve
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *ali- (~ *je-)
Notes : An interesting SDR root with a possible original *j- (see the discussion in the SDR section) and potential external parallels. // Present in 1/6 branches.
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *ali- (~ *je-)
Meaning : to melt, dissolve
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Malayalam : aliyuka
Malayalam meaning : to melt, dissolve (as salt, heart)
Malayalam derivates : alikka, aliyikka to melt (tr.); aliccal, alivu melting, compassion; ali-ppuṇṇu foul ulcer
Kodagu : ali- (aliv-, aliñj-)
Kodagu meaning : to dissolve (intr.)
Kodagu derivates : (alip-, alic-) to dissolve (tr.)
Tulu : aliyuni
Tulu meaning : to dissolve, decay
Tulu derivates : eliyuni, ēluni to melt (intr.; as any soft substance, butter, lead, etc.); elipuni, elpuni, ēlāvuni id. (tr.) (?)
Notes : The Tulu alternation a-/e- is quite interesting as it could point to PSDR *jeli-. The correspondence "Mal. a- : Koḍ. a- : Tulu e-" is fairly normal in the case of PSDR *jā-, although in all such cases Tulu only shows ē- and never ā-. On the other hand, this would be the only known case of an initial *je- in a bisyllabic verbal root, which makes specific dialectal variations possible.
Number in DED : 0250
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *HVĺV
Meaning: to melt, liquid
Uralic: *eĺV 'wet; melt'
Dravidian: *al-i- 'melt, dissolve'
References: ND 1862 *qä[liy]V 'melt, dissolve, be wet/moist' (+ Sem.).
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 135
Proto: *eĺV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: humid, damp, wet
German meaning: feucht, nass
Mari (Cheremis): ile (B) 'feucht, naß; roh', iĺe (P B M), d́iĺe (MK) 'feucht, naß'
Udmurt (Votyak): i̮ĺ (S), ǝ̑ĺ 'roh, frisch; feucht, naß', ị̑ĺ (G), i̮ĺ (J)
Komi (Zyrian): uĺ (S P) 'feucht', u̇ĺ (PO) 'feucht, frisch, roh'
Mansi (Vogul): iĺ jiw (N) 'nasser Baum', iĺ (P), il (N) 'Saft'
K. Reshetnikov's notes: The Mar. word may be an Udmurt loan. Some arguments in favour of this hypothesis were suggested by Bereczki (Bereczki 115), although none of them is persuasive. First of all, Bereczki is mistaken affirming that according to V.I. Lytkin, the vocal reconstructed for Permic *Vl' is *u (which can't correspond to Mar. i) - it is just a palatal vocal like *ü that was supposed for this word by Lytkin (with data of some South-West Udmurt dialects in mind), see ИВПЯ 221. Contrary to Rédei, OU *jĭl-ǝp 'new, fresh' belongs here and is not related to the Uralic verb */e/l/ä/- 'to live' (URAET 134). On the other hand, Rédei is likely to be wrong linking the Permic and Mari words to Mansi P il', N il 'juice', N il' in il' jiw 'damp tree' - these Mansi forms are apparently identic with reflexes of Mansi *ü̆l' 'Baumsplint' (see URAET 40).
References: КЭСКЯ; Paas. Beitr. 46-47; ИВПЯ 221
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