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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *bhlAid-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: pale, pallid
Slavic: *blēdъ(jь)
Germanic: *blait=
Russ. meaning: бледный
References: WP II 217
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: бле́дный,
Near etymology: укр. блíдий, блр. бле́ды, ст.-слав. блѣдъ χλωρός, болг. бле́ден, сербохорв. бли̏jед, словен. blė̑d, чеш. bledý, польск. blady, в.-луж., н.-луж. blědy.
Further etymology: Родственно др.-англ. blât "бледный", д.-в.-н. bleiʒa "бледность", возм., также алб. bl'erónj "зеленею"; см. Хольтхаузен, Aengl. Wb. 26; И. Шмидт, Vok. 2, 71; Бернекер 1, 60; Траутман, BSW 34. Лит. bleidnas "бледный", по-видимому, заимств. из слав. (Буга, РФВ 67, 232).
Trubachev's comments: [Ср. еще лит. blaĩvas "бледный, блеклый" < *blaidvas; см. Отрембский, LP, 1, 1949, стр. 122. -- Т.]
Pages: 1,173
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *blait=
Meaning: pale
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old English: blāt `livid, pale, ghastly'
Old High German: { bleiʒa `livor' }
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 274
Root: bhlǝido-s
English meaning: pale
German meaning: `licht, blaß'
General comments: zu bhlēi- `glänzen', von einer erw. Wzf. *bhlēi-d-
Material: Aksl. blě `bleich, blaß' = ags. blāt `bleich, bleifarben'; ahd. bleizza `Blässe'. Vielleicht lit. blaĩvas `nüchtern' (wenn aus *blaid-vas; oder von der unerw. Wz. bhlei-, s. d.), blaivaũs, -ýtis `nüchtern werden; sich aufklären, vom Himmel'. Alb. bl̃erónj `grüne' von einem Adj. *bl̃erë aus *bled-rë (e = idg. ai oder oi), bl̃éhurë `blaß, bleich'.

    Dazu wohl der illyr. PN Blaedarus.

References: WP. II 217, Trautmann 34, Specht Dekl. 197.
Pages: 160
PIE database: PIE database
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *b[o]rwV
Meaning: log
Indo-European: *bhrēu̯ʌ-
Altaic: *bi̯are
Uralic: *porwa / *parwe
References: МССНЯ 332; ND 233 *boruʡV 'trunk' (comparing also SH *bVrʕ- 'reed, stick'?).
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *bi̯are
Meaning: to build, construct
Russian meaning: строить
Turkic: *b(i)ar-k
Mongolian: *bari-
Tungus-Manchu: *biri-
Comments: A Western isogloss.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *b(i)ar-k
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 house 2 home, household
Russian meaning: 1 постройка, здание 2 дом, имущество
Old Turkic: barq 1, 2 (Orkh., OUygh.)
Karakhanid: barq 1, 2 (MK, KB)
Turkish: bark 2
Middle Turkic: barq 2 (Sangl., Pav. C.)
Uzbek: barq 1
Azerbaidzhan: barɨ 'fence'
Kumyk: baru 'fence'
Comments: EDT 359-360, VEWT 63, 66, ЭСТЯ II 62. Bark is traditionally linked with bār 'there is', barɨ 'belongings', but cf. the Az. word which can be hardly explained in this way.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *bari-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to build
Russian meaning: строить
Written Mongolian: bari- (L 85)
Khalkha: bari-, barilga 'building'
Buriat: bari-
Kalmuck: bǝr- (KPC 92)
Ordos: bari-
Comments: Usually considered to be one of the meanings of the polysemantic bari- 'to take, hold', which is probably a folk-etymological analysis.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *biri-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to lay planks 2 planking 3 tent, construction 4 fence 5 frame
Russian meaning: 1 стелить жерди 2 настил 3 шатер, постройка 4 забор 5 рама
Evenki: biri- 1, biriptir 2, 3
Even: birken 2, 3
Negidal: bijēɣē 2
Literary Manchu: biregen, bireken 4, beren 5
Nanai: berẽ 5 (possibly < Man.)
Oroch: bipti 3
Udighe: bīpti 2
Comments: ТМС 1, 84, 127.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 806
Proto: *pora
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: raft, float
German meaning: Floss
Finnish: parvi 'Stallboden, Boden, Dachraum'
Estonian: parv 'Fähre, Prahme'
Saam (Lapp): boar're (N) 'logs placed together to form a primitive bridge; a board used as a floating raft', parrē (L) 'Floß, großes Boot', poarrew (T) 'Brett', puǝr̨̀r̨ew (Kld.) 'Floß'
Udmurt (Votyak): pur (S) 'Floß, Holzfloß; Prahm, Fähre'
Komi (Zyrian): pur (S) id., bi-pur (V S) 'offener Herd', pes-pur (VO) 'дрова, сложенные в печке в клетку'
Khanty (Ostyak): părǝ (V), păr (DN O) 'Flotte od. Schwimmer (aus Holz) am Netz; Floß, Balkenfloß'
Mansi (Vogul): parā. (TJ), pōrǝ (P), pɔ̄ra (So.) 'Floß, Fähre', pōrχt- (KU) 'zwei Boote zu einem Floß zusammenbinden'
Nenets (Yurak): pārī (O) 'Pritsche mit vier Beinen zum Aufbewahren von Gegenständen'
Selkup: pōre (TaU 'Holzgerüst (bisweilen mit Dach versehen) auf vier Füßen zum Aufbewahren von Lebensmitteln usw.', ? püöre (KeO) 'der große Bär', pōr (Ty.) 'Schuppen, Vorratskammer'
Kamass: pari-ki̮nʒ́igej 'der große Bär'
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