Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *hay-/*haw-

Meaning: fall (upon), return

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *hVy/w- 'fall (upon)'

Berber: *hVy- 'fall (upon)'

Egyptian: hꜣy 'descend, fall, return' (OK)

Western Chadic: *hway 'return' (?)

East Chadic: *ʔaw/y- 'fall down'

South Cushitic: *huʔ- < *hVw- 'fall'

Dahalo (Sanye): haʕ- 'come, arrive'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 468

Proto-Semitic: *hVy/w-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fall (upon)'

Arabic: hwy [-i-]

Jibbali: hē

Harsusi: hewō

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *hVy-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fall (upon)'

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ihi

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: hꜣy

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'descend, fall, return' (OK)

Coptic: *hey id.

Bohairic: hey

Sahidic: hey

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *hway

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'return'

Jimi: hwee [Cs]

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *ʔaw/y-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fall' 1, 'go down' 2

Kera: áwé 1 [Eb]

Dangla: àye 2 [Ebb]

South Cushitic etymology :

Proto-South Cushitic: *huʔ- < *hVw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fall'

Iraqw (Mbulu): hu-

Alagwa (Wasi): hu-

Burunge (Mbulungi): hu-

Dahalo etymology :

Dahalo: haʕ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'come, arrive'

Notes: Irregular -ʕ-

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : HVWV

Meaning : fall, descend

Eurasiatic : *HewV

Afroasiatic : *hay-/*haw-

Reference : ND 793.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *HewV(jV)

Meaning: fall, descend, disappear

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *au

Altaic: *epV 'descend' (TM *ebu-, Mong. ibil-)

Dravidian: *vī-

Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *'ŭjŋ̣V-

References: ND 793 *hä[ʔ]wU 'to fall, sink'.

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *au

Meaning: prep./adv.: from

Hittite: awan 'neben, daneben; ganz weg' (Tischler 98-99)

Old Indian: áva- 'off, away, down' (pref., prep.); ávara- 'inferior'; avár, aváḥ 'downwards'

Avestan: ava 'herab; worauf zu, heran' (praef., praep.); aorā̆ 'nach unten, hinab'; adv. avarǝ 'hinab, herab'

Other Iranian: OPers ava 'herab'

Old Greek: ? au̯- in aukháttein = anakhoreîn, anakházesthai Hsch.

Slavic: *ū (praef.) 'weg, ab', *ū (praep.)

Baltic: *au-

Latin: au- 'fort' (auferō, aufugiō); vē- zur Bezeichnung eines fehlerhaften Zuviel oder Zuwenig (vēcors, vēgrandis etc.)

Celtic: OIr ō, ūa 'von, mit, durch'

Russ. meaning: от, прочь

References: WP I 13 f

Vasmer's dictionary :

Baltic etymology :

Proto-Baltic: *au-

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lithuanian: aulinkui 'fernerhin, später'}

Lettish: au- Präfix, enthalten wenigstens in aũmal̨ām, àumal'ãm, aumal̨ie 'stromweise, in Strömen, im Überfluss, in groser Menge'; aumanis 'unsinnig, rasend'; aumež, àumeš² 'gar arg, gar viel, zu sehr'

Old Prussian: au- 'weg, ab'

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *vī-

Meaning : to die; to pass, go away

Proto-South Dravidian: *vī-

Proto-Telugu : *vī-

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *vī-

Meaning : to die, perish

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : vī (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to perish, cease, disappear, die, leave, deviate as from one's course

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to destroy; n. ruin, destruction, death, drooping, languishing, separation, removal; vīkku (vīkki-) to kill, destroy, ruin; vīvu ruin, destruction, death, eradication, removal, end, defect, flaw, interruption, interval; vītal death

Kannada : bī

Kannada meaning : to end, cease, fail, fall away or off, fade, perish, die

Kannada derivates : bīkal ending, etc.; bīgu to go backwards, recede, retreat; bīsara end, destruction

Number in DED : 5446

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *vī-

Meaning : to run away, move, step aside, (K also) end, disappear

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : vī̃gu

Additional forms : Also vī̃ka flight, retreat; vīsara deficiency; [1] vīsara-paḍu, [2] vīsara-pōvu to be deficient, fail, be fruitless; vīsaramu useless, vain, fruitless

Number in DED : 5446

Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology :

Proto-Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *'ŭjŋ̣V-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning (Rus.): отрицательная частица

Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *uʒŋǝ #

Proto-Itelmen: *'ǝ̆za-q

Chukchee-Koryak etymology :

Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *uʒŋǝ #

Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology

Meaning (Rus.): не, нету 1, ничего не получать 2

Chukchee: újŋǝ, uwǝ́jŋǝ 1

Koryak: ujŋǝ, újŋe* 1, újŋ-u- 2

Palan: ujŋǝ 1

Alutor: ujŋǝ 1, ujŋ-u- 2

Comments: ГКЯ 271, 272. Морфологически деепричастное (наречное) образование от основы *uʒ- = *biʒʁǝ- 'умирать, исчезать' (1354). Показательны чукотские формы.

Itelmen etymology :

Proto-Itelmen: *'ǝ̆za-q

Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology

Meaning (Rus.): не, нельзя

Itelmen: zaq

Itelmen meaning: не, нельзя

Number in Volodin 1976: 29

Comments: На наличие редуцированного указывает звонкость z-. Частица оформлена наречным аффиксом.

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