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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *suk-
Meaning : star
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *suk-
Konda : suka
Proto-Pengo-Manda : *suk-
Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *suk-a
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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *suk-
Meaning : star
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Betul Gondi : sukkum
Gommu Gondi : huko
Muria Gondi : hukka, hukkom
Maria Gondi : ukkum, ukka
Seoni Gondi : hukka
Koya Gondi : ukam
Number in DED : 2646
Number in CVOTGD : 3432
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Konda etymology :

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Konda : suka
Meaning: star
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Number in DED : 2646
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Pengo-Manda etymology :

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Proto-Pengo-Manda : *suk-
Meaning : star
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Pengo : huka (pl. -ŋ)
Manda : hukeriŋ "stars"
Additional Forms : Also Pengo hukeraŋ, hukeriŋ (pl. only recorded) stars
Number in DED : 2646
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *suk-a
Meaning : star
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Kui : suka
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : hūka
Kuwi (Schulze) : hukka
Sunkarametta Kuwi : hukka
Parja Kuwi : hukka
Dongriya Kuwi : suk'erika "stars"
Number in DED : 2646
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *Cuk-
Meaning : star
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *čuk-ai (?)
Proto-Telugu : *cukk-
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ćuk-
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *suk-
Notes : The SDR forms are probably borrowed from Telugu; in any case, affricate correspondences are irregular.
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *čuk-ai (?)
Meaning : star
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : cukkai
Tamil meaning : star (< Te?)
Kannada : cukke
Kannada meaning : small mark, dot
Kannada derivates : cikki, cikke spot, speck, dot (as of cat, leopard), star
Number in DED : 2646
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *cukk-
Meaning : star, spot, dot, drop
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : cukka
Number in DED : 2646
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *ćuk-
Meaning : star
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kolami : sukka
Naikri : cukka
Naiki : cukkin
Parji : cukka
Salur Gadba : cukka "drop of rain"
Kondekor Gadba : sukka
Number in DED : 2646
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ḳʷVncwxV
Meaning: star, spark
Indo-European: *ǵ(h)ʷeisd(h)-
Altaic: *k`ū̀čV
Uralic: *kuńćV ~ *kućV
Kartvelian: *ḳwenćx-
Dravidian: ? *Cuk-
Comments: [Cf. also FU *kiče ~ küče 'glühen'?]
References: ND 1100 *Ḳuńʒ́V 'star' (w/o Kartv.; + Chad.).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *g'(h)wAizd(h)-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: star
Slavic: *gvēzda
Baltic: *ǯwaĩžd-iā̃, *ǯwaĩžd-n-iā̃ f.
Russ. meaning: звезда
References: Buck 56, Fraenkel 1324 .
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: звезда́,
Near etymology: мн. звёзды, зве́зды, укр. звiзда́, др.-русск. звѣзда, ст.-слав. ѕвѣзда ἀστήρ, φωστήρ (Супр. и др.; см. Дильс, Aksl. Gr. 135), болг. звезда́, сербохорв. звиjѐзда, словен. zvézda, чеш. hvězda, слвц. hviezda, польск. gwiazda, в.-луж. hwězda, н.-луж. gwězda.
Further etymology: Праслав. *gvězdа родственно лит. žvaigzdė̃, žvaigždė̃, диал. žvaizdė̃, лтш. zvàigznе "звезда", др.-прусск. svāigstan вин. ед. "сияние, свет, блеск" (относительно st : zd см. Брюкнер, KZ 50, 164), далее -- лтш. zvaigal̨a "корова с белым звездообразным пятном на лбу", лит. žvygulỹs "блеск, сверкание", лтш. zaiguôtiês "блестеть" наряду с zvīgul̨uôt "сиять", греч. φοῖβος "блестящий, сияющий"; последний слог балт.-слав. слов содержит, вероятно, и.-е. *dhē- "ставить, класть"; см. Френкель, ВSрr. 39 и сл.; Balticoslavica 2, 28; Траутман, ВSW 373 и сл.; М.--Э. 4, 762 и сл.; Мейе--Вайан 28; Эндзелин, СБЭ 113; ИОРЯС 17, 4, 120. Отношение праслав. g- : балт. ž не обязательно объяснять с помощью закона диссимиляции спирантов Мейе (Ét. 178; МSL 9, 374; 13, 243), поскольку есть и др. возможности; ср. Траутман, там же; Миккола, Ursl. Gr. 166; Педерсен, Lа cinq. déclin. 74 (праслав. *gvaigzdā -- через дистантную ассимиляцию -- из балт.-слав. *žvaigzdā); *gvězda, согласно М.--Э. (там же), могло возникнуть в результате контаминации корней; лит. gaidrùs "светлый, ясный, чистый", gaĩsas "сияние света" и *žvaigzdė̃. Против связи с законом Мейе выступил Агрель (Zwei Beitr. 2). Прочие менее надежные сравнения см. у Петерссона (ArArmSt. 72; ВSL 1 и сл.) и у Лёвенталя (AfslPh 37, 382), против этих гипотез см. Махек, Μνῆμα 417.
Trubachev's comments: [Слав. zvězdа сравнивает с ирл. gеаd "белое пятно на лбу у лошади" О᾽ Брайен (Zeuss memorial volume, "Сеltiса", vol. 3, Дублин, 1956, стр. 170 и сл.); см. сомнения по этому поводу у Фаукеса ("Language", 32, 1956, стр. 733). Слав. zvězdа родственно осет. ævzīst / ævzestæ "серебро" < др.-осет. *zvestæ. См. вслед за Петерссоном Абаев, Ист.-этимол. словарь, 1, стр. 213; неясным считает последнее слово Бенвенист ("Очерки по осет. языку", М., 1965, стр. 137). -- Т.]
Pages: 2,85-86
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *ǯwaĩžd-iā̃, *ǯwaĩžd-n-iā̃ f.
Meaning: star
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: žvaigždē̃ 'Stern', dial. žvaĩgždē, znaizdē̃, žvaiždē̃ 'Stern'
Lettish: zvaizde, zvàigzna2, zvàigzne, zvàizne2 'Stern'
Comments: Hardly here OPrus swāigstan 'Schein' < *čwai(k)sta-, see *k'weit-.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *k`ū̀čV
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: a k. of star
Russian meaning: вид звезды
Turkic: *Kučɨk
Tungus-Manchu: *xōsi-kta
Comments: A Turk.-Tung. isogloss. For Nostratic parallels (Ural. *kVnśV, PIE *g'hweisdh- 'star') see Sinor 1973, 392-393 (but Mong. hodun should of course be kept apart), Долгопольский 1965, 263.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *Kučɨk
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: constellation of Cancer
Russian meaning: созвездие Рака
Karakhanid: qučɨq (KB)
Comments: EDT 591.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xōsi-kta
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: star
Russian meaning: звезда
Evenki: ōsīkta
Even: ōsịqat
Negidal: ōsikta
Spoken Manchu: ušihā (2037)
Literary Manchu: usixa
Jurchen: hosi-xa (12)
Ulcha: xosta
Orok: wasịqta
Nanai: xosaqta (диал.)
Oroch: xosakta
Udighe: waikta, wahikta
Solon: ōš́ikta
Comments: ТМС 2, 27.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 413
Proto: *kuńćV ~ *kućV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: star
German meaning: Stern
Udmurt (Votyak): kiǯ́iĺi (S), kiźiĺi (K, G) 'Stern; Funke'
Komi (Zyrian): koʒ́ul (S), ke̮ʒ́i̮.v (P), ko̯ʒul (So)
Khanty (Ostyak): kɔs (V), χus (DN), χos (O) ( > Mansi N χōs)
Mansi (Vogul): kōńś (TJ)
Hungarian: húgy (aber dial. kaszahúgy 'Orion')
Selkup: k͔i̊ška (Ta.), k͔esak͔a (k͔esangk͔a) (Ke.) 'Stern', qe̮šqasej 'Stern, Mond' (Ty.)
Kamass: kшnʒ́ǝɣej, kǝnʒ́ǝɣej, ki̮nʒ́igej 'Stern'
Janhunen's version: (129) *ki6ns'3/*kuns'3
Sammalahti's version: *kuns'a
Addenda: Koib. kynzy-gei; Mot. kindžikei; Taig. kinšiki
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *ḳwerćx-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: дpобить(ся)
English meaning: to split
Georgian: ḳwercx-
Georgian meaning (Rus.): нагpомождаться; ḳwercx- 'яйцо' (?); na-ḳwercx-al- 'искра'
Georgian meaning (Engl.): to pile up; ḳwercx- 'egg' (?), na-ḳwercx-al- 'spark'
Megrel: ḳančx- 'дробиться'; na-ḳwačx-ir-
Megrel meaning (Rus.): горящая головня
Megrel meaning (Eng.): fire-brand
Laz: ḳwančx-
Laz meaning (Rus.): дpобить(ся), кpошить; no-ḳančχ-ul-e 'горящая головня'
Laz meaning (Eng.): to split, crumble; no-ḳančχ-ul-e 'fire-brand'
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 111, 145-146, EWK 199. Не исключена реконструкция *ḳwenčx- и контаминация двух исконных корней: a) *ḳwenčx- 'дробить' (ср. алт. *k`iuču 'скрести, острый колышек', ТМ *xosi-kta; ПИЕ *gʷozdh- ( < *kʷozdh-)); b) *ḳwenčx- 'искра, горящая головня' (ср. ТМ *xōsi-kta < алт. *k`UčV 'звезда', урал. *kVnśV 'звезда', ПИЕ *gʷoizdh- ( < *kʷoizdh-) 'звезда'.
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