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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *sVjɣwV
Meaning: sea, shallow
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *soi̯ǝw- ?
Altaic: *si̯águ
Uralic: *siwV 'deep, still water' (BF - obviously to be separated from *tiwä)
Kartvelian: *zɣw-
Comments: ?? Here PFU *suɣe 'to row'
References: ND 2027 *ś[ay]ɣU 'surface of water' (Kartv. + Arab.).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *sīw-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: juice, water, reservoir
Baltic: *sī̂w-a- (1) c., *sīw-iā̃ f.
Germanic: *saiw-i- c.
Russ. meaning: имманентная влага
References: WP II 464
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *sī̂w-a- (1) c., *sīw-iā̃ f.
Meaning: juice
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Old Lithuanian: sī́va-s `Saft; Sirup, Junghonig'
Lithuanian: sī́va-s (dial.) `Saft; Sirup, Junghonig';
Lettish: sìvs2, sìve2 `Mistjauche', sĩvs 'Öl, das sich beim Handstossen bildet'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *saiwi-z
Meaning: sea
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: saiw-s m. `sea'
Old Norse: sǟ-r, sjā-r, sjō-r m. `See, Meer'
Norwegian: sjo, sjö, sjɔ, sä
Swedish: sjö
Danish:
Old English: sǟ, gen. sǟs/sǟes, sǟ/sǟwe/sēo m., f. `sea'
English: sea
Old Frisian: sē m. `zee'
Old Saxon: sēo
Middle Dutch: see m., f., gen. sēwes `zee; mer'
Dutch: zee f.
Old Franconian: sēo, sēu m. `mare'
Middle Low German:
Old High German: sēo, gen. sēwes m. `Binnensee, Meer' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: sē (-w-) st. m., sē st. f. 'see, landsee; meer'
German: See m., f.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *si̯ŏ́gu
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: shallow, shallow place
Russian meaning: мелкий, отмель
Turkic: *sɨg
Mongolian: *siɣa-r
Tungus-Manchu: *sigi-
Japanese: *sú
Comments: Delabialization in Turkic is not quite clear (*sug would be expected).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *sɨg
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: shallow
Russian meaning: мелкий
Old Turkic: sɨq (sɨɣ) (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: sɨ̄, sɨq (MK)
Turkish: sɨɣ
Tuva: sɨ̄k
Comments: VEWT 415, EDT 804, ЭСТЯ 7.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *siɣa-r
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: dreg, sediment
Russian meaning: осадок, отстой
Written Mongolian: siɣaru(n), siɣaruɣ (L 699)
Khalkha: šār
Buriat: šāra
Kalmuck: šār, šar
Shary-Yoghur: šar
Monguor: śārō (SM 395), šārō
Comments: KW 353, MGCD 700.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sigi-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: ice-hole
Russian meaning: прорубь
Evenki: sigi-lēn 'frazil'
Even: hịɣlān
Negidal: siɣin ~ sijin
Ulcha: si(n)
Orok: sī(n)
Nanai: sĩ
Oroch: sē̂la 'snow crust'
Udighe: sī(n)
Comments: ТМС 2,78.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *sú
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: shallow place, sandbank
Russian meaning: отмель
Old Japanese: su
Middle Japanese: sù
Tokyo: sú, sù
Kyoto: sú
Kagoshima: sú
Comments: JLTT 531. RJ sù points to *sù, supported by the Tokyo variant sú; however, Tokyo sù and all other dialect forms go back to *sú. A possibility of being borrowed from Middle Chinese 州 ćü is not excluded - although not very significant (the word is attested in archaic texts containing very few Chinese loanwords).
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1071
Proto: *tiwä ( ~ -ne)
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: calm, quiet
German meaning: still, ruhig (>FW tief)
Finnish: syvä 'tief' ( *süvä-ne > Saam. N sâvo -vvun- 'smoothly flowing stretch of water in a big river', L savō(i), savōn, savvun 'Strecke ruhigen Wassers', Ko. P sā̮va 'Stillwasser zwischen zwei Stromschnellen'), syvyys 'Tiefe, Schlund', syvänne 'Vertiefung, Einsenkung', suvanto (dial. syväntö, syventö) 'ruhig fließendes Wasser'; tyven (gen. tyvenen) 'ruhig, still; stilles Wetter, stille Luft', tyyni (gen. tyynen) 'ruhig; Windstille'
Estonian: sügav (gen. sügava), dial. süva, süvä 'tief; Tiefe'; tüve 'still, ruhig', tüvene (gen. tüvese)
Saam (Lapp): dâvve -v- 'the water far out, deep water; deep part of the river; north', dâvvani- 'get farther out from the shore; set out on a long journey', dâvven 'down by the sea, from down by the sea; in the north, from the north' (N), tavvēn 'im Westen; draußen auf dem See od. Fluß', tavās 'hinaus auf den See; näher zum Feuer (im Zelt)' (L), taivve (T), tøivv (Kld.) 'die Meerestiefe', taivven (Kld.), tø̄vas (Not.) 'weit vom Ufer', tavval (Not. A) 'Norden'
Mari (Cheremis): tü-l (KB), tüjü̆-l (M) 'das Äußere, außen-', tünǝ (KB), tünö (U) 'außerhalb, außen', tüɣǝ, tüän (KB), tüɣö, tüɣan, tüan (U), tüjän (B) 'hinaus, heraus', tünö (B) 'draußen', tüjǝ̑ć 'von außen', tüɣö 'aus'
Komi (Zyrian): teɣǝn (V), tewǝn (DN O) 'still, ruhig', tȧ̆ɣoǝn лȧɣǝл (Trj.) 'bei windigem Wetter auf offenem Wasser in der Ferne sichtbare stille Fläche'
Mansi (Vogul): tüwē.t́ (TČ), tǟwǝt (KU), tawant (So.) 'ruhig, still'
Sammalahti's version: *tiwä
Addenda: Liv. te̮và, dial. tivà, tüvà 'tief, weit nach innen', te̮'uvǝ̑ mō̮lǝ̑ 'weit ins Land'
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *zoɣw-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: моpе
English meaning: sea
Georgian: zɣw-a
Georgian meaning (Rus.): моpе
Georgian meaning (Engl.): sea
Megrel: zɣw-a
Svan: zuɣwa, ʒuɣwa
Laz: zɣua, (m)zoɣa, zuɣa
Notes and references: Ср. zɣwar- `огpаничивать'? ЭСКЯ 89 (*zɣwa-), EWK 147.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : CVWV
Meaning : sea, water
Eurasiatic : *sVjɣwV
Notes : So far attested only in Nostratic.
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