Eskimo etymology : List with all references

Proto-Eskimo: *aci-ʁ-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: good, to like

Russian meaning: хороший, нравиться

Proto-Yupik: *aci-ʁ-

Proto-Inupik: *aca-

Proto-Yupik: *aci-ʁ-

Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology

Meaning: good 1, to like 2

Russian Meaning: хороший 1, нравиться 2

Naukan: asíʁōtuqáq 'egoistic'

Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: asiʁ- 1, asikǝ- 2

Chugach (Birket-Smith): asiχtuq 'good (not bad)'

Central Alaskan Yupik: asiʁ- 1, asikǝ- 2, ~ asqiɣ- 'right, satisfactory'

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 47

Proto-Inupik: *aca-

Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology

Meaning: to love

Russian meaning: любить

Eastern Canadian Inupik: asa- 'to clean (house, self or clothes)' (прихорашиваться)

GRI Dialects: WG, EG asa-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 61

Eurasiatic: *wVcV

Meaning: beautiful

Indo-European: *ewes-u-

Altaic: *ùč`ìk`V ( ~ -k-)

Uralic: *wEćV 'beautiful, straight'

Eskimo-Aleut: *aci-ʁ- ?

References: ND 2454 *wEću 'fitting, good, beautiful' (IE+Ur + Sem.).

Proto-IE: *ewes-u-

Meaning: good

Old Indian: vásu- `good'; comp. vásīyas `better', sup. vásiṣṭha- `best'; vásu n. `wealth, goods, riches'

Avestan: vaŋhu- 'gut', comp. vahyɔ̄:, sup. vahištō; vohu 'Gut, Besitztum, Habe, Reichtum'

Germanic: *íus=, *wís-u- adj.

Celtic: Gaul Uisu-rix; Ir *feb, nur in den Kasus obliqui: dat. feib etc. `Vortrefflichkeit'; *weswā > febas `Vortrefflichkeit'; *febtu, gen. febtad gl. substanciae, *wēsu- > fīu `würdig'; Cymr gwych `fröhlich', *wēsu- > gwiw `würdig', Bret gwiou `fröhlich'

Russ. meaning: хороший

References: WP I 310

Comments: Greek eǘ-, ēǘ- 'good' (see #3206) may be a contamination of both rooths.

Proto-Germanic: *íus=, *wísu-

Meaning: good

IE etymology: IE etymology

Gothic: comp. iusiza `better'; ? iusila f. (ō) `ease'

Old High German: Wisu-rīh, Wisi-mār

Number: 2196

Root: u̯ē̆su-

English meaning: good

German meaning: `gut'

Material: Ai. vásu- `gut' (dazu vasvī `Nacht'), vásu n. `Gut, Besitztum, Habe, Reichtum' (das Subst. nach Akzent und Ablaut das primäre), av. vaŋhu-, vohu ds., ai. vasīyān `besser', vasiṣṭha- `best', av. vahyā̊, vahištō ds.; alt-illyr. Ves-cleves, vgl. ai. vásu-śravas-; germ. in Eigennamen, z. B. Wisu-rīh, -mār, auch Wisi-Gothae; gall. in Eigennamen wie Bello-, Sigo-vesus, Vesu-avus, air. *feb (nur in den Kasus obliqui belegt, z. B. Dat. Sg. feib) `Vortrefflichkeit' aus *u̯esu̯-ā, febas `Vortrefflichkeit', *febtu, Gen. febtad gl. `substantiae'; ablaut. air. fō `gut, Güte' (*u̯osu-); daneben *u̯ēsu- in ir. fiu `würdig', cymr. gwiw ds., bret. gwiou `fröhlich', gall. Uīsu-rīx; über u̯ēsu- in asian. Sprachen s. Bossert Mitteil. Inst. Orientf. 2, 78 ff.;

daneben eus- (mit Metathese wie in gr. εὖρος aus ερος) in:

got. iusiza `besser', iusila `Erholung, Erleichterung' (nach Wissmann, D. ält. Postverb. d. Germ. 72 ff. Postverbale zu *iusilon, wie inilo `Entschuldigung, Vorwand' zu *inilon); aksl. unje `besser' (Kompar. zu einem *uno- aus *eus-no-);

illyr. PN Veselia `Felicitas'; lett. vęsęls `gesund, heil, unversehrt'; aksl. veselъ, čech.veselý usw. `fröhlich';

toch. A wṣe, В yaṣi `Nacht' als *u̯esū `die Gute'.

References: WP. I 311, Vasmer 1, 191 f., Frisk 594 f.

See also: wohl zu u̯es-2.

Pages: 1174-1175

PIE database: PIE database

Proto-Altaic: *ùč`ìk`V ( ~ -k-)

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: beautiful, ornamented

Russian meaning: красивый, украшенный

Turkic: *üčük- (?)

Tungus-Manchu: *učik(te)

Korean: *skú-mí-

Japanese: *ùtùkù-

Comments: The Turkic reflex is preserved only in Yak., which may be an important archaism.

Proto-Turkic: *üčük- (?)

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: beautiful, handsome

Russian meaning: красивый, милый

Yakut: üčügej

Dolgan: üčügej

Comments: Stachowski 248. Despite VEWT 518, hardly < Mong. öčüken 'small' (which has quite a different origin, see *ŋṓjču.

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *učik(te)

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 sheath 2 ornaments on sheath

Russian meaning: 1 чехол 2 украшения на чехле

Literary Manchu: učiqa 1

Orok: učikte 2

Comments: ТМС 2, 250, 297.

Proto-Korean: *skú-mí-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to ornament

Russian meaning: украшать

Modern Korean: k:umi-

Middle Korean: skú-mí-

Comments: Nam 62, KED 202.

Proto-Japanese: *ùtùkù-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: beautiful

Russian meaning: красивый

Old Japanese: utuku-si

Middle Japanese: ùtùkù-si

Tokyo: utsukúshi-

Kyoto: útsúkúshì-

Kagoshima: utsukushí-

Comments: JLTT 844.

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