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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *ball-
Meaning : enlargement of the spleen
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : balla
Number in DED : 3995
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *beil-
Meaning : spleen
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *pal-ai (?)
Proto-Telugu : *ball-
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *bel- (*-a-)
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *beil-
Notes : A strange lack of voiced articulation in SDR; however, the root is only represented in Tulu.
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *pal-ai
Meaning : spleen
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tulu : pallè
Tulu meaning : spleen
Number in DED : 3995
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *bel- (*-a-)
Meaning : spleen
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Parji : bella
Number in DED : 3995
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *beil-
Meaning : spleen
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *bVjla
Notes : The root has some SDR parallels (as well as a correspondence in Parji), but its exact structure remains obscure.
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *bVjla
Meaning : spleen
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : bella
Parja Kuwi : balla
Tekriya Kuwi : bela
Number in DED : 3995
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *pVjLV
Meaning: lung, spleen
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *pleu̯-
Altaic: *pḕjlo ( ~ p`-)
Uralic: *pälV ( + Nen. 'Dickdarm')
Kartvelian: *pir(ś)ṭw-
Dravidian: *beil-
Comments: [For PIE cf. also PA *p`ŭ̀lgi 'blow'?]
References: ND 1690 *päl̄V 'internal, intestines, liver'; 1693 *pVLu 'lungs, pluck'; 1728 *pAĺ(V)gE 'spleen' (but IE should stay apart - probably < NC; Drav. *pod_- also does not belong here).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *plew- (/ *kʷl-)
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: lung(s)
Old Indian: klóman- m., kloma n. `the right lung'
Old Greek: pléu̯mōn (sekund. pnéu̯mōn), -onos m. `Lunge'
Slavic: *pljūtje/*plūtje
Baltic: *plaũt-ia- c., -iā̃ f.
Latin: pulmō, -ōnis m. `Lunge'
Russ. meaning: легкое
References: WP II 95 f
Comments: The root may have had a variant *p[e]ul-, cf. Lat.
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *plaũt-ia- c., -iā̃ f.
Meaning: lungs
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: plaũčiai pl. t. `Lungen'
Lettish: plàušas, plàuši, plaûkšas2, plaukši pl. `Lunge'
Old Prussian: plauti pl. `Lungen' V. 126
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1534
Root: pl(e)u-mon-, pleu-ti̯o-
English meaning: lung
German meaning: `Lunge'
Material: Ai. klṓman- m. n. `die rechte Lunge' (Dissim. von p - m zu k - m) = gr. πλεύμων `Lunge' (durch Anlehnung an πνέω auch πνεύ̄μων); lat. pulmō, meist Pl. `Lunge' (aus *pelmōnes oder *plumṓnes);

    baltoslav. *pleuti̯ā- und *plauti̯ā- n. Pl. in lit. plaũčiai und lett. plàuši, plàušas m. Pl., apr. plauti (sekund. f.) `Lunge'; aksl. plušta und *pljušta n. Pl. (aruss. pljuča `Lunge'), serb. pljûća f. `Leber'.

    Die Lunge schwimmt auf dem Wasser, also als `Schwimmer' zu pleu- (pel-) `πλέω'.

References: WP. II 95 f., WH. II 386 f., Trautmann 226.
Pages: 837-838
PIE database: PIE database
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *p`ḕjló
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: belly, liver
Russian meaning: живот, печень
Mongolian: *helige
Tungus-Manchu: *pēlbu-
Korean: *pắi
Japanese: *pàrà
Comments: АПиПЯЯ 68, 90 (with literature), 274, Martin 243. See also notes on *bŏga. Medial *-j- is reconstructed to account for the loss of -l- in Korean; Mong. *h- before a long vowel indicates PA *p`-.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *helige
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: liver
Russian meaning: печень
Written Mongolian: elige (L 309)
Middle Mongolian: xeligan (HY 47), xelige(n) (SH), hilgä (IM), iligän (MA)
Khalkha: eleg, elgen
Buriat: eĺge(n)
Kalmuck: elkṇ, elgṇ
Ordos: elege
Baoan: helgǝ, xelge
Dagur: xeleg (Тод. Даг. 175), helehe (MD 159)
Shary-Yoghur: heleɣe
Monguor: xalege (SM 152), xelige, xalige (Huzu), xelge (MGCD)
Mogol: ilkan 'Herz' (Weiers), elkän; ZM elkan (4-2a)
Comments: KW 119, MGCD 257.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *pēlbu-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to be pregnant
Russian meaning: быть беременной
Evenki: hēlbu-
Comments: ТМС 2, 363. Attested only in Evk., but having probable external parallels.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *pắi
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: belly
Russian meaning: живот
Modern Korean:
Middle Korean: pắi
Comments: Nam 251, KED 743.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *pàrà
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: belly
Russian meaning: живот
Old Japanese: para
Middle Japanese: fárà
Tokyo: hará
Kyoto: hárà
Kagoshima: hará
Comments: JLTT 399. Modern dialects (especially Kagoshima) point to *pàrà, but the attested RJ form is fárà.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 734
Proto: *pälV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: inside
German meaning: das Innere
Udmurt (Votyak): poli̮n (S J), pe̮li̮n (M) 'in, im Inneren; zwischen', pe̮li̮ (S), pole (K) 'in; zwischen (acc.)', poli̮ś, pe̮li̮ś (K) 'von, aus'
Komi (Zyrian): pe̮lsi̮n (Lu) 'unter, inzwischen', pe̮vse̮ (V) 'in(s)', pe̮vśi̮s (V) 'aus'
Hungarian: bél (acc. belet) 'Darm; Mark; (altung.) das Innere'; -be ~ -ba 'in (acc.)', -ben ~ -ban 'in (Dat.)'; -ből ~ -ból 'aus'
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *pir(ś)ṭw-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: легкие
English meaning: lungs
Georgian: pilṭv- (Old Georg. pirṭv-)
Megrel: pirṭv-, pižv-
Svan: ṗēršwd-a, ṗerešṭw-a
Laz: purpu
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 189, EWK 358. Сближение с ПВК *pHVrṭwV 'какой-то внутренний орган' (NCED 871) см. Климов 1964, 189, Климов 1972, 226.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : PVLV
Meaning : lung, liver
Eurasiatic : *pVjLV
Afroasiatic : *fa/ul-
Sino-Caucasian : *bɦV̆́rƛ̣V
Amerind (misc.) : *palin 'belly' (R 52) [+ A K]
Reference : ND 1690, 1693, 1728.
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *fa/ul-
Meaning: liver, lungs
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Western Chadic: *fVl-Vk- 'lungs'
Central Chadic: *faful- 'lungs'
High East Cushitic: *ʔa-fal- 'liver'
Omotic: *ʔaṗar- (<*ʔa-fall-?) 'liver'
Notes: The Ch data point to *f-.
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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *fVl-Vk-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'lungs'
Mupun: flò-k, fùl-fúk [FrM]
Sura: fǝ̀lɔ̀-k [JgS]
Angas: fwol-ok [Fl]
Ankwe=Goemai: fɨ̀lɨ̀l [Kr N 73]
Notes: A body-parts suff. -k.
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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *faful-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'lungs'
Bachama: fàfulàwɛy [Kr N 73]
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High East Cushitic etymology :

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Proto-High East Cushitic: *ʔa-fal-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'liver'
Sidamo: affale
Burji (Bambala, Dashe): affala
Kambatta: afali-ta
Notes: Prefix *ʔa-.
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Omotic etymology :

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Proto-Omotic: *ʔaṗar- (*ʔa-fall-?)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'liver'
Mocha: aṗaaro
Anfillo (Southern Mao): afaaro
Bworo (Shinasha): afaara
Notes: Prefix *ʔa-. Note Mch -ṗ-.
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *bɦV̆́rƛ̣V
Meaning: intestines
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *bɦĕrƛ̣_V (~ w-)
Sino-Tibetan: *[Pik]
Yenisseian: *pɨʔɨĺ
Burushaski: *bal
Basque: *barda
Comments and references : HGC 24, NSC 60 *bHEƛ̣V, DCE 6, FDCP 4.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *bɦĕrƛ̣_V (~ w-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: intestine (large)
Proto-Nakh: *bʡar(ʎ)V
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *boƛ̣:i
Proto-Tsezian: *bɔƛɔ
Proto-Lezghian: *wäwƛ̣:
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are quite regular (only the PL *wäwƛ̣: requires a special explanation: it is probably a result of assimilation < *wärƛ̣).

    See Trubetzkoy 1922, 241. Abdokov (1983, 74) tries to relate here some WC forms: Ub. La 'intestine' (which belongs rather to WC *Ĺǝ 'meat, flesh') and PAK *(b)La- 'chain' (in Kab. La-rǝ-ps, Ad. bLa-rǝ-ps 'chain') - which reflects rather the PAK verbal root *bLa- 'to thread on a string, to plait'.

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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *bʡar(ʎ)V
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: liver sausage
Chechen: bʕara / baʕar
Ingush: bʕar
Comments: 6th class in both languages. Since there is no Bacb. parallel, it is impossible to establish whether PN had *-ʎ- here or not.
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *boƛ̣:i
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 intestine 2 large intestine
Avar: baƛ̣: 1
Chadakolob: baƛ̣: 1
Andian language: boƛ̣:i 2
Akhvakh: baƛ̣:i 1
Chamalal: baƛ̣: 2
Tindi: baƛ̣:i 2
Karata: baƛ̣:e 2
Bagvalal: baƛ̣: 2
Comments: Av. Chad. paradigm C (baƛ̣:í-l, báƛ̣:a-l). A homonymous word is *boƛ̣:i ( ~ -a-), represented in Cham. baƛ̣: 'cord', God. baƛ̣:i 'plait'; it is not quite clear whether it is just a special semantic development, or actually a different root.
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *bɔƛɔ
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: large intestine
Bezhta: baƛa
Gunzib: bɔƛɔ
Comments: PGB *bɔƛɔ.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *wäwƛ̣:
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 intestine(s) 2 belly
Archi: babƛ̣ʷ 1
Udi: buq:un 2
Comment: An important Arch.-Ud. isogloss. 3d class in Arch.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[bik]
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: bowels
Comments: Mikir phek bowels; BG: Garo bibik bowels. Ben. 21.
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *pɨʔɨĺ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: intestine(s)
Ket: hɨ̄ĺ // hɨ:ĺ, pl. hɨ̄ĺǝŋ1
Yug: fɨ:ĺ, pl. fɨ̄ĺiŋ1 / fɨ:ĺiŋ3
Arin: ṕhorga (М., Сл., Срсл., Кл.) "belly (брюхо)"; aperga (Лоск.) id.
Comments: ССЕ 250. For the development *-ʔ(V)ĺ > Ar. -rg- see also PY *bVʔĺ. Hardly justified is Helimski's (КС 248) idea about the Arin form being borrowed from Selk. pɛrqɨ 'belly'. Werner 1, 349 <*phɨgǝl / *phɨlǝ>. Cf. also Ket hʌ́ĺa 'belly, external side of belly' (Werner 1, 334); Kott. pogal- in pogal-thīn 'navel' (see *tɨr).
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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *bal
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: marrow
Yasin: bal
Hunza: bal
Nagar: bal
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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *barda
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 belly, abdomen, bowels 2 tripe food) 3 stomach 4 rennet 5 rancor, spite 6 paunchy, potbellied
High Navarrese: barda 1, (Lezaka) bardaki 2
Low Navarrese: marda-handi 6, (Aldude) parda 1
Salazarese: marda 1, 3, mardika 3
Baztanese: bardaki 2
Zuberoan: marda 1, 3, 4, 5, marda-handi 6
Roncalese: marda-andi 6, (Uztárroz) marda 1
Comments: The nasal variants (marda) are probably by expressive nasalization; parda by voicing dissimilation.
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