Nostratic etymology : List with all references

Eurasiatic: *sVʎV(mV)

Meaning: heart

Borean: Borean

Altaic: Ewk. seleme

Uralic: *śiδä(-mV) (*śüδä(-mV)) [cf. also *śeδ́mä 'kidney']

Kartvelian: *śul- [in fact, only Georg. sul-]

Comments: [Hardly acceptable because of PU *-δ-; a better match for Ur. is perhaps PA *sít`ì ( ~ z-) 'to think, worry, be anxious').

References: МССНЯ 364; ND 2238 *ŝüẑʕä 'heart' (+ Cush.). [Relation to PA *zela has to be clarified].

Uralic etymology :

Number: 973

Proto: *śiδä (-mV) (*śüδä (-mV))

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: heart

German meaning: Herz

Finnish: sydän, gen. sydämen, dial. syväm, sy(v)än, syön 'Herz'

Estonian: süda (gen. südame) 'Herz, Gemüt; Inneres, Mitte, Mittelpunkt'

Saam (Lapp): čâđâ (N) (postp.) 'through, by way of', tjatā (L) (postp.) 'durch', t́š́i̮rrɛ̮ɔ (Wfs.) 'durch', t́š́ǡ̮δ̨ĕ (gen. t́š́aδ̀δȧ̮'m) (Ko. P) 'Herz'

Mordovian: śed́ej, śed́eŋ (E), śed́i (M) 'Herz'

Mari (Cheremis): šüm (KB U M B)

Udmurt (Votyak): śulem (S K G) 'Herz, das Innere, Gemüt'

Komi (Zyrian): śe̮le̮m (S), śe̮ve̮^.m (P), śȯløm (PO) 'Herz'

Khanty (Ostyak): sĕm (V DN), sȧ̆m (O)

Mansi (Vogul): šäm (TJ), šim (KU), ši̮m (P), sim (So.)

Hungarian: szív (acc. szívet), dial. szű, szü, szüv, szűv 'Herz, das Innere; Mut'

Nenets (Yurak): śej (O) 'Herz'

Enets (Yen): seo (Ch.), seijo (B)

Nganasan (Tawgi): sa, soa

Selkup: sīče (TaU), sīd́ (TyM), sīd́e, siče (Ke.)

Kamass: sī

Janhunen's version: (117) *s'ä/üd'ä-

Sammalahti's version: *s'ä/üd'ä-, FU s'üdämi/s'edmi

Addenda: Koib. sei; Mot. keje-m; Karag. геï-ge; Taig. kei-m.

uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-fin,uralet-est,uralet-saa,uralet-mrd,uralet-mar,uralet-udm,uralet-kom,uralet-khn,uralet-man,uralet-ugr,uralet-nen,uralet-enc,uralet-nga,uralet-slk,uralet-kam,uralet-janh,uralet-samm2,uralet-add,

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *śul-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: душа, дух, запах

English meaning: spirit, soul, scent

Georgian: sul-

Megrel: šur-

Svan: šur-

Svan meaning (Rus.): стонать

Svan meaning (Eng.): to moan

Laz: šur-

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 178, EWK 319-320. Во всех языках, кроме груз., возможна контаминация с *śwer- q.v. Сближение с ПЗК *pǝsA 'душа' ( < ПСК *ʡăms_a, см. NCED 243) должно быть отвергнуто (вопреки Климову 1969, 289).

Nostratic etymology :

Uralic etymology :

Kartvelian etymology :

Long-range etymologies :