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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : TVKV
Meaning : fish
Eurasiatic : *dVgV
Afroasiatic : *da/ug- (or *dagʷ-)
Sino-Caucasian : Yen. *tūk-; *takt-; *tǝʔG-; ?? PST *tī̆k.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *dVgV
Meaning: fish
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *dhg'hū-
Altaic: *di̯ági ( ~ -i̯o-)
Uralic: *totke
Eskimo-Aleut: *ǝqaɫuɣ, *i- ?
Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *tujke 'щука'
References: МССНЯ 362, ОСНЯ 1, 219; ND 575 *doTgiʔu 'fish' (+ Sem.).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *dg'hū-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: fish
Armenian: ʒu-kn 'Fisch'
Old Greek: ikhthǖ̂-s, -ǘos m. `Fisch'
Baltic: *ǯuw-i- (*ǯuw-) c., *ǯiw= c.; ǯū̂- vb. tr., *ǯū̂-k= sb., *ǯū̆-t-i(a)- c.
Russ. meaning: рыба (общее название)
References: WP I 664
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *ǯuw-i- (*ǯuw-) c., *ǯiw= c.; ǯū̂- vb. tr., *ǯū̂-k= sb., *ǯū̆-t-i(a)- c.
Meaning: fish
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: žuvìs, pl. (ostlit.) žùves, (old and dial.) gen. žuvų̃ f. `Fisch'; žùk-mistras `Fischmeister', žùk-sparnis `Fischaar', žūklỹs `Fischer'; žū́ti `fischen, Fische fangen'
Lettish: zivs (gen. -s), dial. zuvs, zuve, zive, zivis 'Fisch'; zutis `Aal (Anguilla vulgaris)'
Old Prussian: suckis, pl. acc. suckans 'Fisch' V. 560
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 622
Root: ĝhðū- (oder ĝhi̯ū-?)
English meaning: fish
German meaning: `Fisch'
Material: Arm. jukn `Fisch' (Erweiterung wie in mu-kn `Maus');

    gr. ἰχθυ̃ς, -ύος (*ĝhðūs) `Fisch' (ἰ- ist Vokalentwicklung wie in ἰκτι̃νος `Gabelweihe': arm.c̣in `Falke', idg. kþīno-);

    ĝhðuu̯-: lit. žuvìs (Gen. Pl. žuvų̃) f., lett. zuvs, zivs m. ds.; dazu die Verba ostlit. žústa, žùvo, žúti `fischen';

    Gutturalsuffix: apr. suckis m. (Akk. Pl. suckans) `Fisch' (lit. žuk- in žū́k-mistras `Fischmeister', žuk-sparnis `Fischaar', žū̆klỹs `Fischer'); dazu ferner lett. zutis m. `Aal'; lit.žvejỹs m. `Fischer', lit. žvejóti, lett. zvejuôt `fischen', žvýnas m. `Fischschuppe', lett. zvìńi m. Pl. `Fischschuppen'; apr. sucka-ns neben ἰχθυ̃ς, wie lat. sucu-la neben sūs, anord. askr neben lit. úosis.

    Zur Anlautfrage (ĝhð oder ĝhi̯?) vgl. Schwyzer Gr. Gr. I 325; gleichartig ist besonders χθών : žẽmė, und eine Parallele mit k- bietet ἰκτι̃νος : c̣in. Kein ganz sicherer Hinweis auf *ghi̯- ist, da in seiner Zugehörigkeit etwas zweifelhaft, der Fischname ält. schwed. gius, nschwed. gös `Perca Lucioperca', nhd. dial. giesen `Cyprinus cephalus' und ält. schwed. fiska-giusen `ein Raubvogel, Falco haliaetus', worin ein *gjuse `Fischer' stecke.

References: WP. I 664, Trautmann 373, Schwyzer Gr. Gr. I 325, 413; zum idg. ð vgl. zuletzt Lejeune Traité de Phonétique grecque S. 31 f.
Pages: 416-417
PIE database: PIE database
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *di̯ági ( ~ -i̯o-)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: fish
Russian meaning: рыба
Mongolian: *ǯiɣa-
Korean: *thi
Japanese: *(d)íwuá
Comments: АПиПЯЯ 100, 275, Дыбо 46, Лексика 178, Vovin 2000. TM *ǯoji (in fact *ǯobi) 'Salmo lenoc' (compared in some of the above sources) has a precise match in WMong. ǯebege and has to be separated; see *ǯi̯abo. The Jpn. form could also belong there phonetically, but the close match with Kor. thi makes its derivation from *di̯ági more plausible.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *ǯiɣa-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: fish
Russian meaning: рыба
Written Mongolian: ǯiɣasu(n) (L 1050)
Middle Mongolian: ǯiqasun (HY 12, SH), ǯixuči 'fisher' (HY 30), ǯanɣāṣu (IM), ǯiɣasun, ǯiqasuni (Partit.) (MA)
Khalkha: ʒagas
Buriat: zagaha(n)
Kalmuck: zaɣъsṇ
Ordos: ǯaGasu
Dongxian: ǯaGasun
Baoan: ǯil(G)asoŋ
Dagur: ǯagas, ǯaus (Тод. Даг. 141), ǯause (MD 176)
Shary-Yoghur: ǯaɣasǝn
Monguor: ʒ́aGasǝ (SM 78)
Comments: KW 463, MGCD 423. -g- is probably secondary ( < *ǯigag-?); with *-ɣ- cf. *ǯiɣarčag 'косяк рыб' (Khalkha ʒārcag).
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *thi
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: fish (a suffix in fish names)
Russian meaning: рыба (суффикс в назв. рыб)
Modern Korean: kamul-čhi 'eel', sam-čhi 'mackerel' etc.
Middle Korean: kàmó-thì etc.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *(d)íwuá
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: fish
Russian meaning: рыба
Old Japanese: iwo
Middle Japanese: íwó
Tokyo: ùo
Kagoshima: íwo
Nase: ʔjú
Shuri: íju
Hateruma: jū̀
Yonakuni: ìjú
Comments: JLTT 563.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1082
Proto: *totke
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: a k. of fish
German meaning: Schleie; Cyprinus tinca
Finnish: totki (in Totki-järvi) ?
Estonian: tõtkes (gen. tõtke), tõkes (gen. tõkke) 'Schleie; Cyprinus tinca'
Mordovian: tutka 'Quappe (E), Schleie (M)'
Mari (Cheremis): tatǝ̑ (KB), toto (M) 'Schleie; Cyprinus tinca'
Mansi (Vogul): tåχt (T), takt kōl (TJ) 'Cyprinus tinca'
Hungarian: tat hal (dial.) 'eine wertlose Fischart, Schleie; eine Art des Maifisches (der Alse)'; Cyprinus tinca, Tinca vulgaris'
Selkup: tŭt (Ta.), tūti (Tur.), tutto (Ke.), tutä (Ty.) 'Karausche; Cyprinus carassius'
Sammalahti's version: FU *totki
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Eskimo etymology :

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Proto-Eskimo: *ǝqaɫuɣ, *i-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: fish
Russian meaning: рыба
Proto-Yupik: *iqaɫuɣ
Proto-Inupik: *ǝqaluɣ, *i-
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 141
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Yupik etymology :

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Proto-Yupik: *iqaɫuɣ
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: fish
Russian Meaning: рыба
Sirenik: iqǝ́ɫǝx
Chaplino: iqáɫuk (ɣǝt) 'fish', iqáɫwāq (t) 'smelt, сайка'
Naukan: iqáɫuk 'fish', iqáɫōq 'herring'
Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: iqaɫuk 'fish (esp. salmon)'
Koniag (AAY): AP iqaɫuaq 'boreal smelt'
Chugach (Birket-Smith): iχāƛux-päk 'king salmon', jikaɫu̮x-pạq 'herring'
Central Alaskan Yupik: iqaɫuk 'fish',
CAY Dialects: K iqaɫuk 'dog salmon', BB iqaɫuaq 'boreal smelt'
Egegik (Peripheral): Y iqaɫuaq 'arctic cod'
Chevak (Peripheral): iqaɫuaq 'arctic cod'
Nunivak (Peripheral): iqaɫuaq 'arctic cod'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 141, 142
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Inupik etymology :

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Proto-Inupik: *ǝ̈qäluɣ, *ï-
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: fish 1, polar cod, tomcod 2
Russian meaning: рыба 1, треска 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: iʁaluk 1, iʁaɫuaq 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq iʁáluk 1, iʁalōq 'herring', W ẹʁäʎʎuk* (ūk, uit) 1
North Alaskan Inupik: iqaluk 1, iqaluɣaq 2
NAI Dialects: B ẹqäluk* 1, Ingl eqäluk* 1, Mal, Nu qaluk 1, PH aqaluk 1, qaluaq 2
Western Canadian Inupik: iqaluk 1 (esp. salmon, char)
WCI Dialects: Cor, M ẹqäluk* 1, M ẹqäʎʎiaqtoq* 'to go fishing'
Eastern Canadian Inupik: iqaluk 1, iqaluɣaq 'small fresh-water trout, spinner'
ECI Dialects: Iti iqaluk 'salmon, char'
Greenlandic Inupik: iqaluk (eqaluk*) 1, iqalu(ɣ)aq, iqaluʁaq 2, eqatdliarpoq* 'to go fishing' [Jen.]
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 141, 142
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *da/ug- (or *dagʷ-)
Meaning: fish
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Semitic: *dāg- '(large) fish'
Western Chadic: *n-dugw- 'cat-fish'
Central Chadic: *duguw- ' catfish '
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 2726
Proto-Semitic: *dāg-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: (large) fish
Ugaritic: dg
Hebrew: dāg (and dāʔg) HAL 213, MHbr. 'large fish'
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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *n-dugw-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'cat-fish'
Mupun: ǹdùgwò-t [FrM]
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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *duguw-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: cat-fish
Zime-Dari: dūgūwā 'clarias lazera'
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