North Dravidian etymology : List with all references

Notes : Vowel length in PN and PKG is probably compensatory, due to simplification of the cluster. The exact nature of the cluster, however, is uknown, since PGn *-ṛy- is a very abstract reconstruction.

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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *būẓC-

Meaning : down, feather

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Malayalam : pūṭa

Malayalam meaning : down of birds, wool, fine hair

Tulu : (?) puḷḷe

Tulu meaning : (B-K) plume, feather

Proto-Nilgiri : *bū(ṛ)

Notes : Tulu puḷḷe could likewise be compared with several other roots, including *puḷ- 'bird', etc. However, the Malayalam and Kota forms are quite comparable if we consider that the inlaut of the root contains an untrivial cluster (phoneme?)

Number in DED : 4358

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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *bū(ṛ)

Meaning : eyebrow (kam- < kaṇ eye)

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : kam-bū

Number in DED : 4358

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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *būr

Meaning : hair; eyebrow

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kolami : būr (pl. būḍl) "eyelash, eyebrow, (Pat.) fur"

Naikri : būr (pl. būḍl) "down, fine feather"

Parji : būḍul (pl.) "hair, fine feathers, down"

Poya Gadba : burgul "eyebrows"

Number in DED : 4358

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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *buṛj-

Meaning : feather, down

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *buṛj-ā

Konda : bulus (pl. -ku)

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *būr-

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *būr-

Notes : The exact nature of the inlaut cluster (phoneme?) is hard to determine: PK and PPM show *-r-, Konda speaks in favor of *-ṛ-, while Gondi gives several variants (*-y-, *-r-, *-l-; one dialect even has a unique *-ḷ-).

Notes on correspondences : ## *-ṛy-: PG *-ṛy-, Konda *-ṛ-, PPM *-r-, PK *-r-.

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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *buṛj-ā

Meaning : down; feathers

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Betul Gondi : buiyā "down, small feathers"

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : būīyā "down"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : buiyā "hair, feathers"

Gommu Gondi : bulo "feather, down"

Maria Gondi : bubla, būla "small feathers, down"

Seoni Gondi : bura "down"

Yeotmal Gondi : bura "down"

Maria Gondi (Lind) : burā, puḷā "feather"

Adilabad Gondi : būrā "down"

Number in DED : 4358

Number in CVOTGD : 2589, 2316, 2584

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Konda etymology :

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Konda : bulus (pl. -ku)

Meaning: pubic hair, feathers, hair (on legs and chest)

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Konda (Burrow/Bhattacharya) : buṛus "feathers, down"

Number in DED : 4358

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Pengo-Manda etymology :

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Proto-Pengo-Manda : *būr-

Meaning : feathers, hair

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Pengo : būra (pl. -ŋ) "small feathers, down, wool, pubic hair"

Manda : būriŋ "pubic hair"

Number in DED : 4358

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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *būr-

Meaning : hair, fur; eyebrow

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : būri, būru "hair, fur, feather, wool"

Khuttia Kui : pṛuma "feather"

Dongriya Kuwi : kanu būru "eyebrow"

Additional forms : Also Kuwi_D būrka (pl.) down

Notes : In Kuttia *būr-ma > *būṛ-ma > *bṛū-ma > *pṛū-ma.

Number in DED : 4358

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Brahui etymology :

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Brahui : puṭ

Meaning : hair

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Additional forms : Also BRA puṭ kanning to pluck (of a fowl, the tobacco crop); purruk long hair of males cut at the shoulders

Number in DED : 4358

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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *burV

Meaning: hair, eyebrow

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *(o)bhrū-

Altaic: (Turk. bürček curly hair)

Kartvelian: ? *burṭq̇l-

Dravidian: *buṛ(C)-

References: ND 231 *bur(ʔ)V 'lock of hair, down' (with some SH parallels); 237 *buruHV 'eyebrow' (hardly to be distinguished).

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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *(o)bhrū-

Meaning: eyebrow; edge

Tokharian: A pärwāṃ, B pärwāne (PT dual. *pärwāne) 'brows' (Adams 374)

Old Indian: OInd bhrū́- f., acc. bhrúv-am `eyebrow, brow'

Avestan: brvat- f. (du.) 'Brauen'

Other Iranian: NPers abrū, barū 'Brauen'

Old Greek: ophrǖ̂-s, -ǘos f. `Augenbraue; erhöhtes Rand, Hügelrand'

Slavic: *brɨ̄, gen. *brъve; *obrɨ̄, gen. *obrъve; *brъvьkā

Baltic: bruw-i-s f., *bru-n-a- c., *bru-n-ia- c.; *breun-ā̂

Germanic: *brū-, *brū-n=; *brē(x)w=; *brū-n=

Celtic: OIr acc. pl. forbru, gen. pl. forbrū `supercilia', MIr du. gen. brūad, brōi, brä nom. du. f. `Brauen'; OIr brū `Rand, Ufer', bruach (zweisilbig, mit -*ako-)

Russ. meaning: бровь; край, бровка

References: WP II 196, 206 f

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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: бровь,

Near etymology: укр. брова́: чорнобри́вий "чернобровый" (из *-бръвъ̂й; неточно Бернекер 1, 91); ст.-слав. бръвь ж., сербохорв. о̏брва, словен. obȓv, слвц. obrv, чеш. brva, польск. brew, род. п. brwi, праслав. *bry, род. п. brъve.

Further etymology: Родственно лит. bruvìs, др.-инд. bhrū́ṣ ж. "бровь", авест. brvat- ж., нов.-перс. abrū, barū (Хюбшман, IFAnz 10, 24), греч. οφρῦς, ирл. brūad, род. п. дв. ч., англос. brú, др.-исл. brún, макед. ἀβροῦτες. Другая ступень чередования: д.-в.-н. brāwa; см. Бернекер 1, 91 и сл.; И. Шмидт, KZ 32, 330; Траутман, BSW 38; Перссон 17.

Pages: 1,215

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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: 1) *bruw-i-s f., *bru-n-a- c., *bru-n-ia- c.; 2) *breun-ā̂

Meaning: eyebrow; rim

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lithuanian: brùvē, bruvìs `Braue', júod-bruvas, -is, júod-burvas, -is `schwarzbrauig'; dial. (Nesselmann aus Brodowski) brunas, -is `Braue, Augenbraue', (Šlap.) júodbrunis `mit schwarzen Augenbrauen'; briaunà `Kante, Rücken eines Messers, Rand (eines Kessels etc.), Kiel des Schiffes, Gesims' || briaunà `Kante, Rücken eines Messers, Rand (eines Kessels etc.), Kiel des Schiffes, Gesims'

Old Prussian: wubri Wimper

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Proto-Germanic: *brū-, *brūn=; *brē(x)w=; *brūn=

Meaning: eye-brow; edge, brim

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Norse: 1) brā `Lid, Wimpern'; brūn, pl. brünn/brūnir `Braue; Wandvorhang in der Kirche' (ko ns. St.); 2) brūn `Rand, Kante, Zeugborte', brǖna wk. `wetzen, anstacheln; ans Land ziehen', brǖni n. `Wetzstein, Würze'

Norwegian: 1) brun; 2) brüna wk.

Old Swedish: 2) brūn, brǖn `Rand, Kante'; bryne `Wetzstein'

Swedish: 1) brün; 2) brüna wk.

Danish: 1) brün; 2) brüne `Wetzstein'; dial. bryne wk.

Old English: 1) brū, gen. brūwe f. `brow, eye-brow, eye-lash'; brǟw `Lid, Wimpern'

English: 1) brow

Old Saxon: 1) brāha, brāwa `Braue', in Komp. `Lid, Wimpern'; wint-brawia

Middle Dutch: 1) bra(e)uwe f. (went-, winc-, wenc-braeuwe)

Dutch: 1) brauw, wenk-brauw f.

Middle Low German: 1) pl. brān `Brauen, Lider'

Old High German: 1) brāwa (8.Jh.) `Augenlied, Wimpernreihe, Augenbraue'

Middle High German: brā (pl. brā, brāwen, brān) st./wk. f. 'wimper, braue'

German: 1) Braue f.

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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 307

Root: bhrū-1

English meaning: brow

German meaning: `Augenbraue'

General comments: z. T. mit anlautendem Vokal, idg. o- oder a- (vollere Wurzelform?); nach Persson Beitr. 17 liegt ein verdunkeltes Kompositionsglied *okʷ- `Auge' (mit. Kons.-Assimilation) vor.

Material: Ai. bhrū́-ḥ f., Akk. bhrúv-am `Braue', av. brvat- f. (Du.) `Brauen', npers. ebrū, brū ds.(Hübschmann IA. 10, 24);

gr. ὀφρυ̃ς, -ύος f. `Braue', übertragen `erhöhter Rand, Hügelrand' (nach Meillet BSL 27, 129 f. mit griech. Vokalprothese?);

maked. ἀβρου̃τες `ὀφρύες' (von Kretschmer Einl. 287 in ἀβρούFες geändert; von Meillet, s.Boisacq 733 Anm. 3, wegen der anderweitig bezeugten Form ἀβροτες und wegen av. brvat- festgehalten);

mir. brūad Gen. Du., brāi, brōi Nom. Du. f. `Brauen' (zum Diphthong s. Thurneysen Grammar 199), air. forbru Akk. Pl. (*bhrūns : Akk. ὀφρυ̃ς), forbrú Gen. Pl. `supercilia'; unklar sind mir. Pl. abrait (*abrant-es oder *abrantī) `Augenlider, Brauen', desgleichen mbr. abrant `Braue', cymr. amrant `Augenlid', die Specht (Dekl. 83, 162) zu lat. frōns `Stirn' stellen möchte; aberVokalismus und Bedeutung weichen ab;

ags. brū, aisl. brūn, Pl. brynn `Braue' (kons. St., aus *ƀruwūn-, vgl. *tungūn, tungo, kontrahiert und dadurch zur flexivischen Sonderentwicklung gelangt).

lit. bruvìs m. `Braue', žem. auch brū̆nės Pl., apr. wubri f. `Wimper' (scheint Umstellung aus*bruwi);

abg. brъvь (ursprünglicher Nom. *bry, wie kry : krъvъ), skr.-ksl. obrъvъ, skr. ȍbrva usw. `Braue'.

Eine e-Abl. bhru̯ē- mit silbisch gewordenem r sieht Trautmann KZ. 44, 223 in lit. birwe = bruvìs.

Toch. A pärwān-, В pärwāne (Dual) `Augenbrauen'.

References: WP. II 206 f., Trautmann 38.

Pages: 172-173

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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *burṭq̇-L-, *bRṭq̇w-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: пух и перья

English meaning: down and feathers

Georgian: burṭq̇l-

Georgian meaning (Rus.): пух и перья; brṭq̇w- 'ощипывать (птицу)'

Georgian meaning (Engl.): down and feathers; ; brṭq̇w- 'to pluck (a bird)'

Megrel: buṭq̇u

Megrel meaning (Rus.): мягкий; burṭq̇- 'ощипывать (птицу')

Megrel meaning (Eng.): soft; burṭq̇- 'to pluck (a bird)'

Svan: binṭq̇il

Svan meaning (Rus.): пух

Svan meaning (Eng.): down

Laz: ? bu(r)ṭq̇u

Laz meaning (Rus.): название насекомого

Laz meaning (Eng.): a k. of insect

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 55; EWK 63, 68. Повидимому, вариант корня *burdɣ- / *bRdɣw- q.v.

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Borean (approx.) : PVRV

Meaning : hair, hair of head

Eurasiatic : *burV

Afroasiatic : Ar. burāʔil; Eg br; Cush. *bVr- (ND 231)

Sino-Caucasian : *burV

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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *burV

Meaning: hair

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Burushaski: *bur

Basque: *buru

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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *bur

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: hair

Yasin: bur

Hunza: bur

Nagar: bur

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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *buru

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 head 2 eyebrow

Bizkaian: buru 1

Gipuzkoan: buru 1

High Navarrese: buru 1

Low Navarrese: buru 1, be-phuru 2

Salazarese: buru 1

Lapurdian: buru 1

Baztanese: buru 1, be-puru 2

Aezkoan: buru 1

Zuberoan: bǘrü 1, be-phürü, ber-phürü 2

Roncalese: buru 1

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