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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *gwVrpV
Meaning: young of animals
Indo-European: *gʷĕrbhʌ-, *gʷrĕbhʌ-
Altaic: *k`i̯ŭrpe
Dravidian: *kir_-
Comments: Cf. also PD *karb- 'egg, foetus'; *kō̆ṛ-'young; sprout'
References: ND 946 *kUŕV 'foetus, young of an animal, child' (IE : Drav. *kō̆ṛ-, *kur-).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *gʷerǝbh-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: child, young one
Old Greek: bréphos n. `Neugeborenes, Kind, Tierjunges'
Slavic: *žerbъ, *žerbьcь, *žerbę̄
Russ. meaning: ребенок, детеныш
References: WP I 689
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: жеребёнок,
Near etymology: жерёбая (о кобыле, самке верблюда), жереби́ться, жеребе́ц, укр. жереб'я́ "жеребенок", жереби́тися "жеребиться", жеребе́ць, блр. же́ребе "жеребенок", ст.-слав. жрѣбѩ πῶλος (Супр.), болг. жребе́, сербохорв. ждри̏jебе, ждриjѐбити се, ждриjѐбац, словен. žrebè, род. п. -ẹ́ta, žrebíti, žrébec, чеш. hříbě, hřebiti se, hřebec, слвц. žriebä, польск. źrebię, źrzebiec, в.-луж. žŕebjo, н.-луж. zŕeb'e, полаб. zribą̃.
Further etymology: Родственно греч. βρέφος ср. р. "плод, новорожденный, ребенок, детеныш", возм., др.-инд. gárbhas "материнское чрево, плод во чреве", авест. garǝva- - то же; см. Уленбек, Aind. Wb. 78; Цупица, GG 77; Траутман, BSW 87; Буазак 133.
Pages: 2,48
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 737
Root: gʷrebh-
English meaning: embryon, young
German meaning: `Leibesfrucht, Kind, Junges'
Material: Gr. βρέφος n. `Leibesfrucht, Junges', mir. brommach (*gʷrombhākos), aksl. žrěbę `Füllen'.
References: WP. I 689.
Pages: 485
PIE database: PIE database
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *k`i̯ŭrpe
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: young (animal, fish)
Russian meaning: молодой (о животных, рыбе)
Turkic: *körpe
Mongolian: *körbe
Tungus-Manchu: *xürbe
Comments: A Western isogloss (but Mong. may be < Turkic).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *körpe
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 new-born 2 new-born lamb
Russian meaning: 1 новорожденный 2 новорожденный ягненок
Karakhanid: körpe (MK) 1
Turkish: körpe 1, 2
Uzbek: kụrpɛ 1
Uighur: kö(r)pɛ 1, 2
Azerbaidzhan: körpä 1
Turkmen: körpe 1
Halaj: kurpe, kirpɛ
Kirghiz: körpö 1, 2
Noghai: körpe 2
Bashkir: kürpɛ 1
Balkar: körpe 2
Gagauz: körpɛ 1
Karakalpak: körpe 1
Kumyk: körpe 1
Comments: VEWT 293, TMN 3, 637, ЭСТЯ 5, 116-118, Лексика 391.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *körbe
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: new-born lamb
Russian meaning: новорожденный ягненок
Buriat: xürbe
Ordos: körwö 'young child or animal'
Dagur: kurub (Тод. Даг. 151)
Comments: MGCD 391.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xürbe
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: spawn, to spawn
Russian meaning: нерест, метать икру
Evenki: irbe
Ulcha: xulbi-
Nanai: xurbe-
Comments: ТМС 1, 324. Evk. > Dolg. ɨrba (Stachowski 261).
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *kir_-
Meaning : 1 small 2 young
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *kir_-
Proto-Telugu : *cir_-
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kīk- (*-r_k-)
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *kir_-
Meaning : small
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : cir_u (cīr_ before vowel), cir_r_u
Tamil meaning : small
Tamil derivates : cir_u (-pp-, -tt-), cir_uku (cir_uki-) to be small, short, stunted in growth, shrink, diminish, be impoverished, sink low; cir_ukku (cir_ukki-) to reduce in size or quantity, lessen; cir_uka sparingly, a little; cir_ukkan_ boy; cir_ukki girl, wench, maidservant; cir_umai smallness, insignificance, youth, diminution, poverty, scarcity, baseness; cir_uval little child, childhood; cir_uvan_ boy, son, low person; cir_uvi daughter; cir_uvōr little boys, children; cir_āmpu (cir_āmpi-) to shrink, look small, grow lean; cir_ār children; cir_icu that which is small, young boy or girl; cir_itu that which is small; cir_iya small, young, base; cir_iyan_ insignificant person, boy; cir_r_āḷ boy, servant, boy or girl cooly
Malayalam : cir_r_u, cer_r_u
Malayalam meaning : small
Malayalam derivates : cir_r_āḷ boy labourer; cer_u small, little, young, mean; cer_ukuka to shrink; cer_ukkan lad, servant, bridegroom; cer_ukki girl; cer_uppam, cer_uma childhood; cer_uman child, slave, Pulayan; cer_umi girl, slave girl, Pulachi
Kannada : kir_i, kir_a, kir_u, kir_idu, kirdu, kittu
Kannada meaning : that which is small, little, short, young, insignificant, inferior; (quoted by Shanmugam from Vaḍḍārādhane) kir_iyam young man; fem. kir_iyaḷ; epic. pl. kir_iyar
Kodagu : kɨrkë, ceryë
Kodagu meaning : small
Tulu : kiri, kiru
Tulu meaning : small, little, young, low, mean
Tulu derivates : kirdụ inferior; kirtara an inferior sort; kiriye a junior, younger member; kigga little, small; tidụ, tidi small; tidipañca dwarfish, short; tiddya junior, younger; tiddyāye a young man
Proto-Nilgiri : *kir_
Miscellaneous : KOR (O) kidane father's younger brother; (T) kidderɨ children
Number in DED : 1594
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *kir_
Meaning : small
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Kota : kir
Toda : kɨr_
Additional forms : Also Toda kɨt_ eɫ̣f ankle (lit. small bone; see 839); sit_ik, tit_ik a little
Notes : Toda forms in -ik are borrowed from Tamil.
Number in DED : 1594
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *cir_-
Meaning : small, little, slight, gentle, mild
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : cir_u
Additional forms : Also cir_uta small, little, young; cir_utuka a young woman; (K, B) kriyyu to grow lean; gir_aka short
Number in DED : 1594
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *kīk- (*-r_k-)
Meaning : boy
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kolami (Setumadhava Rao) : kīke
Naikri : kīke "son"
Naiki : kīken (pl. kīker) "son"
Notes : Since there are no contradicting data from Parji-Gadba (where the resonant is usually preserved), an inlaut *-r_- can be supposed.
Number in DED : 1594
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