Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : NVKV

Meaning : a k. of tree

Eurasiatic : *NEḳrV

Amerind (misc.) : *neki 'tree' (R 786)

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *NEḳrV

Meaning: thorny bush

Borean: Borean

Altaic: *ńik`rV

Uralic: *nakrV

Kartvelian: (?) *neḳerčxa-

Dravidian: SDr *nekar- 'a k. of rhododendron' (DEDR 3734)

Eskimo-Aleut: *(Nǝ)k[r]uʁa- (~ *Nǝkǝvʁa-)

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *ńíkrV

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: a k. of thorny tree

Russian meaning: вид колючего дерева

Mongolian: *ǯeɣergene

Tungus-Manchu: *ńikri-kta

Japanese: *míkúri

Comments: For the phonetic development in Mong. cf. *bŭkrV, *č`ik`ò (*č`ik`rV).

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *ǯeɣergene

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: a k. of plant (Ephedra vulgaris)

Russian meaning: эфедра

Written Mongolian: ǯeɣergene (L 1043)

Khalkha: ʒērgene

Buriat: zērgene

Kalmuck: zērgǝnǝ 'ежевика; малина (лесная)' (КРС)

Ordos: ǯērgenek, ǯērgünek

Shary-Yoghur: ǯǖregene

Comments: MGCD 139.

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ńikri-kta

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 thicket 2 a k. of larch

Russian meaning: 1 заросли 2 вид лиственницы

Evenki: nikrikāɣ 1

Even: naqrịt 2

Comments: ТМС 1, 591.

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *míkúri

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: bur reed

Russian meaning: колючий тростник

Middle Japanese: míkúri

Comments: JLTT 478.

Uralic etymology :

Number: 591

Proto: *nakrV

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: cedar nut

German meaning: Zedernuss

Finnish: nauris (gen. nauriin), dial. nakris 'Rübe' ( > Saam. N nāwrâs -aw'r-, L nāurai, K Kld. navras, Not. nāgrøs)

Estonian: nairis (gen. nairi), dial. naeris, nauris, nāris, nagr, nakr, nār

Khanty (Ostyak): naɣǝr (V), naχǝr (DN O) 'Zedernuß, Zederzapfen' ( > Mansi N nā̊χėr 'Zedernuß', Nen. O nāχarʔ 'Zirbelnuß')

Mansi (Vogul): nɛ̮̄r (TJ), nē̮r (P) 'Zedernuß'

Addenda: Liv. na'ggǝ̑r 'Kartoffel'

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *neḳerčxa-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: клен

English meaning: maple

Georgian: neḳerčxal-

Megrel: laḳinčxa-

Notes and references: Кл, EWK 263.

Eskimo etymology :

Proto-Eskimo: *(Nǝ)k[r]uʁa- (~ *Nǝkǝvʁa-)

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: tree, spruce tree

Russian meaning: дерево, ель

Proto-Yupik: *(Nǝ)kuʁa- (~ *Nǝkǝvʁa-)

Comments: Probably not a derivative from *ńǝkuv-, *ńǝvkǝ- 'to stand up, to be standing'. This is a recent contamination that took place after the development *-kru- > *-kū-, where -kū- was contextually understood as -kuv- ~ -kǝv- due to the influence of a phonetically similar verb.

Yupik etymology :

Proto-Yupik: *(Nǝ)kuʁa- (~ *Nǝkǝvʁa-)

Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology

Meaning: tree, spruce tree

Russian Meaning: дерево, ель

Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: nǝkuʁāxtuq

Chugach (Birket-Smith): ni̮kōʁạqtɔq 'tree'

Central Alaskan Yupik: (nǝ)kǝvʁāχtuq

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 225

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