North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *nuḍ-

Meaning : to hide, conceal, screen from sight, veil, mask off

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : nuṛnā (nuḍḍas)

Malto : nuḍe

Additional forms : Also KUR nūxrnā to hide oneself, be kept secret; nulUgnā to insert a thing into another by a sliding push, thrust or slip into or under lengthwise; nulgUrnā to enter into or under, head foremost, creep into; MLT nuḍg̣re to hide (intr.), disappear; lulqe to thrust in; lulqre to disappear (as in a crowd or jungle); lulg̣re to hide oneself

Number in DED : 3714

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *nūẓ-[ug-]

Meaning : to hide

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *nūẓ-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ṛug-

Proto-North Dravidian : *nuḍ-

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *nūẓ-

Meaning : to creep inside, penetrate

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : nuẓai (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to creep through a narrow passage, penetrate, be impressed into one's mind, get into, take up as an office, be interpolated

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to put, insert, interpolate; n. narrow way, window, opening, aperture, cave; nuẓuntu (nuẓunti-), nuẓutu (nuẓuti-) to insert, stick in, tuck in, tie (as a coil of hair), keep in a place not easily found, carry away by stealth; skulk, slink or sneak away, slip out of sight as one among many, crawl, creep as reptiles; nuẓunti one who shirks responsibility; nuẓuvu (nuẓuvi-) to creep along (as reptiles); nuẓaval anything slippery; nūẓai postern, chink, hole, bore, a kind of lattice window, cave; noẓuntu (noẓunti-) to insert, thrust

Malayalam : nuẓayuka

Malayalam meaning : to creep in, squeeze through

Malayalam derivates : nuẓa-vātil a small door; nūẓuka, nūḷuka to creep in, squeeze through, enter slily or with difficulty; ? nūṭṭa gap in a fence; ? nokkuka to pass through, pierce, bore through

Kannada : noẓe

Kannada meaning : to creep in, etc.

Kannada derivates : nurgu, nuggu to pass by pressing, squeeze through, force oneself into, enter without permission (as a door, a house), creep into (as a hole); nuggisu to cause to creep or squeeze through; nugicu to get out of (the hand, etc.) by wriggling (as a bird), slip (from the hand, as a rope); nuguḷ to enter a door or a small narrow passage or opening, go in with difficulty, squeeze through, creep in, enter; nuṇ(u)cu, nuṇacu to slip, slide as out of the hand, slip away, glide or move off, escape; (???) nusi to enter a door, etc.; nusuḷ to enter a door or narrow opening, retreat, hide oneself, slink, go; n. entering a door or small, narrow opening; an artful play in not directly naming an object; evasion, subterfuge, falsehood; nusuḷisu to cause to enter a door; nūḷ falsehood, lie

Kodagu : nugg- (nuggi-)

Kodagu meaning : to enter by force or without permission, go through (into cave)

Tulu : nurumpè

Tulu meaning : hole

Tulu derivates : nuripāvuni to press into a hole; nurguni to pass over; nūruni to creep in, enter with difficulty

Notes : Kannada forms with -s- hardly belong here.

Number in DED : 3714

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *ṛug-

Meaning : to hide

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Konda : ṛug- (-it-)

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *ṛug- (caus. *ṛuk-)

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *ṛuŋ- (caus. *ṛuk-)

Konda etymology :

Konda : ṛug- (-it-)

Meaning: to enter, steal in, get into, enter through a passage

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Number in DED : 3714

Pengo-Manda etymology :

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *ṛug- (caus. *ṛuk-)

Meaning : to hide (intr.)

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Pengo : ṛug- (ṛukt-)

Manda : ṛug-

Additional Forms : Also Pengo ṛuk- (-t-) to hide (tr.); Manda ṛuk- to hide (tr.)

Number in DED : 3714

Kui-Kuwi etymology :

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *ṛuŋ- (caus. *ṛuk-)

Meaning : to hide; to insert

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : ṛupka (< ṛuk-p-; ṛukt-) "to thrust in between, fit in something between two surfaces, twist something into a cloth, insert"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : rūgali "to hide oneself"

Kuwi (Schulze) : lugnai "to hide oneself"

Sunkarametta Kuwi : ṛug- (-it-) "to hide (intr.)"

Kuwi (Israel) : ṛug- (-it-) "to hide (intr.)"

Additional forms : Also Kui rūḍa (rūḍi-) to crawl under, creep under or through; ṛonda (ṛondi-) to slip through; pl. action ṛotka (ṛotki-); Kuwi_Su, Kuwi_Isr ṛuk- (-h-) to hide (tr.); Kuwi_F rūga secretly; rūkhali to hide (tr.)

Number in DED : 3714

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *nVrV ?

Meaning: penetrate

Indo-European: *nĕrʌ-

Altaic: ? Ewk. nirū̆ 'small hollow, pit'

Dravidian: *nūṛ-[ug-]

Comments: Perhaps = *ńorV.

References: МССНЯ 357. ND 1564 *n̄uŕV 'to penetrate' (hardly convincingly separated from 1563 *n̄iXRV 'hollow, cave, pit').

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *(e)ner(ǝ)-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: lower, bottom; to sink, to shrivel

Tokharian: B ñor 'below, beneath' (Adams 272)

Old Indian: náraka- m. `hell'

Armenian: nerkhin `unterer'

Old Greek: (e)nértero- `unterer', nérthen, énerthe(n), énertha `(von) unten, unterhalb', nei̯ró- 'lowest'; nértos = hiéraks, hoi dè eîdos ornéou Hsch.

Slavic: *nertī, *nьrǭ; *norā́; *nértā, *nerto, *nortъ

Baltic: *ner̂- (*1) vb. tr., *nar-a- c., *ner-i- c., *nir̂- (1) vb. intr.

Germanic: *núr-ɵr-a- n., *narr=

Other Italic: Umbr nertru `sinistru'

Russ. meaning: нижний, низ; погружать(ся), сворачивать(ся), съеживаться

References: WP II 333 f, 699 f (different in Pok.)

Vasmer's dictionary :

Baltic etymology :

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *núrɵra-n, *narr=

Meaning: north

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Norse: norδr n. `Norden', norδr adv. `nordwärts'; norδan `von Norden her'

Norwegian: nord; nordan

Swedish: norr; nordan

Danish: nord; norden adv.

Old English: norɵerra `mehr nördlich'; norɵan adv.

English: north

Old Frisian: north sbs., adv.

Old Saxon: north adv. 'im Norden, nordwärts'; northan adv. 'von Norden'

Middle Dutch: nort, noort `in of naar het Noorden; het Norden'; norden, noorden

Dutch: noord n., f.; adv.; noorden n.

Middle Low German: nort, nōrt n. `het noorden'; nōrden n. 'Norden'

Old High German: nord n. `het noorden, noordenwind' (um 1000); nordrōni `nördlich'; norden; nordana adv. (9.Jh.); nordan n. 'Norden, Nordwind' (11.Jh.)

Middle High German: nort (-d) st. n. 'Norden'; norden st. n. 'Norden'; norden(t) adv.

German: Norden, Nord m., ? bair. der-narren `starr werden (bes. vor Frost)', narr `missratene verschrumpfte Frucht', schweiz. narr `krampartige Spannung', narrennagel `unförmig suagewachsener Nagel'

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