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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *skArb-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: emaciated, sad
Slavic: *skъrbētī, *skъrbь
Baltic: *skur̃b-/*skur̂b- vb. intr. (1), *skur̃b-[a]- adj.
Germanic: *skarp-a- adj., *skurp=
Russ. meaning: изможденный, печальный
References: Fraenkel 822
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: скорбе́ть,
Near etymology: скорблю́, оскорби́ть, укр. скорбíти "скорбеть", скорби́ти, скорблю́ "причинять горе", др.-русск. скърбѣти, ст.-слав. скръбѣти λυπεῖσθαι (Супр.), болг. скръбя́ "скорблю", сербохорв. скр́бити, скр́би̑м "заботиться", словен. skrbẹ́ti, -bím "быть озабоченным", чеш. skrbiti "скупиться, жаться". Сюда же скорбь ж., род. п. -и, др.-русск. скърбь, ст.-слав. скръбь θλῖψις, λύπη (Супр.), болг. скръб "скорбь", сербохорв. скр̑б "забота", словен. skȓb, род. п. skrbȋ.
Further etymology: Родственно лит. жем. skur̃bti "печалиться", nuskurbęs "запущенный", skurbė "горе", Межинис, лтш. skùrbt, skurbstu "хмелеть, терять сознание", skur̂bа "головокружение, опьянение; течка (у овец, коз)". Далее сравнивают с щерба́, уще́рб (см.), д.-в.-н. scirbi ср. р., ср.-в.-н. scherbe "черепок", англос. sсеоrfаn "грызть, кусать" (Перссон 862; Траутман, ВSW 266), также греч. κάρφω "заставляю съеживаться" (И. Шмидт, Vok. 2, 30). С др. стороны, считались с возможностью родства с др.-исл. skorpr, skarpr "высохший, сморщенный" (М.--Э. 3, 905 и сл.; Буга, РФВ 75, 145). В обоих случаях предполагается общее происхождение со ско́рблый (см.). Русск.-цслав. написание скербь, по мнению Шахматова (Очерк 158), является субституцией ст.-слав. скръбь, скрьбь.
Pages: 3,650-651
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *skurb-/*skurb- vb. intr. (1), *skurb-[a]- adj. (Lett AC, 1 + CIRC/ Lith CIRC)
Meaning: arm, sad
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: skur̃bti (-bsta, -bō) 'armselig sein; in Armut, in Not, armselig, kümmerlich leben; darben, Not leiden, im Wachstum zurückbleiben (von Pflanzen), mager werden, abmagern', dial. 'sich grämen, kränken; (vom Bier) schal werden', skurbē 'Kummer, Gram'
Lettish: skùrbt, skur̃bt (-bstu, -bu) 'schwindlig, ohnmächtig werden, bedüselt werden', skùrbs (/ skur̃bs) 'beduselt, berauscht'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *skarpa-, *skurp=
Meaning: emacated, thursty
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: skorpinn , skorpr 'eingeschrumpft, eingetrocknet', skarpr 'eingeschrumpft, mager'
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *bVl(w)V
Meaning: cloud
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *bhŏlʌ- (+Pok. 162)
Altaic: *bŭlu ( ~ -a, -o)
Uralic: *pilwe (*pilŋe)
Kartvelian: Zan. ṗula; PK *bol-
Dravidian: ? SDR *pūṛ-i 'mist' (3674)
References: МССНЯ 351, ОСНЯ 1, 179-180; ND 202 *bilwE 'cloud'.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *bŭlu ( ~ -a, -o)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: cloud
Russian meaning: облако
Turkic: *bulut (*bulɨt)
Tungus-Manchu: *bol-
Comments: A Turk.-TM isogloss. A Nostratic etymology (Ural. *pilwe et al.) see in \X<1.2>ОСНЯ\x 1, 179-180.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *bulut (*bulɨt)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: cloud
Russian meaning: облако
Karakhanid: bulut (MK)
Turkish: bulut
Tatar: bolɨt
Middle Turkic: bulut (MA)
Uzbek: bulut
Uighur: bulut
Sary-Yughur: pɨlɨt
Azerbaidzhan: bulut
Turkmen: bulut
Khakassian: pulut
Shor: pulut
Oyrat: bulut
Halaj: bulɨt
Chuvash: pǝʷlǝʷt 'sky, cloud'
Yakut: bɨlɨt
Dolgan: bɨlɨt
Tuva: bulut
Tofalar: bulut
Kirghiz: bulut
Kazakh: bu_lt
Noghai: bulɨt
Bashkir: bolot
Balkar: bulut
Gagauz: bulut
Karaim: bulut
Karakalpak: bult
Salar: bu(:)lɨt
Kumyk: bulut
Comments: VEWT 88 (the connection with PT *bulga- 'to mix' is not obvious at all); TMN 2, 323; EDT 333, ЭСТЯ 2, 262-264, Лексика 24, Stachowski 71. Turk. > MMong. (ИМ) bulut, see Щербак 1997, 163. Derived are Kypch. forms like Kaz., KKalp. buldɨr 'foggy, cloudy', Kirgh. buldur 'fuzzy, cloudy', Nogh. buldɨr 'id.'
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *bol-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 autumn 2 air 3 to blow (of wind, snow)
Russian meaning: 1 осень 2 воздух 3 дуть, падать (о ветре, снеге)
Evenki: bolo 1, bolgo 2, bolī- 3
Even: bolъ̣nị 1
Negidal: bolo 1
Spoken Manchu: bolori 'autumn, fall' (2728)
Literary Manchu: bolori 1
Jurchen: bolo (75)
Ulcha: bolo 1
Orok: bolo 1
Nanai: bolo 1
Oroch: bolo 1
Udighe: boloni 1
Solon: bolo 1
Comments: ТМС 1, 92-93.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 778
Proto: *pilwe (*pilŋe)
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: cloud
German meaning: Wolke
Finnish: pilvi (gen. pilven) 'Wolke'
Estonian: pilv (gen. pilve)
Saam (Lapp): båĺvå -lv- (N), paĺva (L), palv (T), pølv (Kld. Not. A)
Mordovian: peĺ, pejeĺ (E), pejeĺ (M)
Mari (Cheremis): pǝl (KB), pǝ̑l (U B)
Udmurt (Votyak): piĺem (S) 'Wolke', piĺd- (S) 'sich bewölken, bewölkt werden'
Komi (Zyrian): pil, (Ud.) piv
Khanty (Ostyak): pĕlǝŋ (V), pĕtǝŋ (DN), pȧ̆lǝŋ 'Wolke'
Hungarian: fëlhö̋, fëlleg
Sammalahti's version: *pilwi
Yukaghir parallels: !
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *bol-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: дым (светлый)
English meaning: smoke (light)
Georgian: bol-
Megrel: bol-
Notes and references: Климов (1994, 172-173) предполагает заимствование из ПИЕ *bholo- 'пар, дымка'. Однако нельзя исключить и исконное родство; ср. еще алт. *bulV 'облако', урал. *pilwe id. (ОСНЯ 1, 179-180).
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : PVLV
Meaning : cloud
Eurasiatic : *bVl(w)V
Afroasiatic : *bal- (also *bVlan-)
Reference : ND 202.
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bal-
Meaning: cloud, sky
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Central Chadic: *bal- 'sky' 1, 'cloud' 2
East Chadic: *bal- 'rain'
Beḍauye (Beja): bal 'cloud'
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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *bal-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'sky' 1, 'cloud 2, 'rain' 3
Glavda: balabala 1 [Rp]
Bachama: ḅòlé 3 [Sk]
Logone: bǝ́lukʷi 2 [LLog]
Notes: Suffix -kʷi in Log. Reduplication in Glv. Cp. Malgwa bǝ̀là-ʒ́igǝla 'rain-cloud' (-ʒ́igǝla - 'sky')
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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *bal-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'rain'
Tumak: bāl [Cp]
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Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

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Bedauye: bal
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'cloud'
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