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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *[č]orwV
Meaning: a k. of fish
Indo-European: *sorbh-
Altaic: *č`ṑrV
Uralic: *śurV
Dravidian: *čar- SDr 2025
Comments: Expected *ć- in Ur.
nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-drav,nostret-notes,

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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *sorbh-
Meaning: a k. of fish (with red fins)
Old Greek: orphṓs or órphōs (NGreek orphó-s) 'great sea-perch, Epinephelus gigas': orphṓ-s, orphó-s Arist.; Hdn. Grm. 1.224: órphos koinō̂s, orphō̂s dè Attikō̂s, cf. Hsch.; Ath. 7.315b: Nom. att. orphṓs (citing Archipp. 17); gen. orphṓ Cratin. l.c., acc. -phṓn Pl. Com. 173.13, acc.pl. -phṓn Ar. l.c.
Germanic: *sarb=
Russ. meaning: рыба (с красными плавниками)
piet-meaning,piet-greek,piet-germ,piet-rusmean,

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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *sarb=
Meaning: a fish
IE etymology: IE etymology
Swedish: sarv, pl. -ar `красноперка'
German: dial. Serben `Döbel'
germet-meaning,germet-prnum,germet-swed,germet-hg,

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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *č`ṑrV
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: pike
Russian meaning: щука
Turkic: *čortan
Mongolian: *čurukai
Tungus-Manchu: *čōr-
Comments: KW 434, Лексика 178. A Western isogloss.
altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-reference,

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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *čortan
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 eel 2 pike
Russian meaning: 1 угорь 2 щука
Turkish: čortan 1
Tatar: čurtan 2
Uzbek: čụrtan 1
Turkmen: čortan 2
Khakassian: sortan 2
Shor: šortan 2
Oyrat: čorton 2
Chuvash: śъʷrdan, śъʷrtan 2
Yakut: sordoŋ 2
Dolgan: hordoŋ 2
Tuva: šortan 2
Kirghiz: čorton 2
Kazakh: šortan 2
Noghai: šortan 2
Bashkir: sortan 2
Karakalpak: šortan 2
Kumyk: čortan 2
Comments: VEWT 116, Лексика 178, Stachowski 108.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *čurukai
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: pike
Russian meaning: щука
Written Mongolian: čurqai, (L 207:) čuruqai
Middle Mongolian: čuraqa (SH)
Khalkha: curxaj
Buriat: surxaj
Kalmuck: curxǝ
Comments: KW 434. Mong. > Evk. čirukai, see Doerfer MT 131. Cf. also Kalm. cordǝg 'young pike' (KW 430) - possibly a Turkism.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *čōr-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 pike 2 young fish
Russian meaning: 1 щука 2 рыбья молодь
Literary Manchu: čurχu 2
Solon: sōraldī 1
Comments: ТМС 2, 113, 400. The Manchu form is regarded as a mongolism by Rozycki, but (unlike Evk. čirukaj 'pike') is more probably a genuine cognate.
tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-man,tunget-sol,tunget-reference,

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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1005
Proto: *śurV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: pike
German meaning: Hecht
Komi (Zyrian): śir (V) 'Hecht'
Khanty (Ostyak): sart (VO), sort (DN)
Mansi (Vogul): sart (TJ KU VNK), sort (So.)
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-kom,uralet-khn,uralet-man,

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