Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *jVpV̄́ ( ~ -b-)

Meaning: fan, to fan

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *jāp

Yenisseian: *ʔapVj (~x-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jāp

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fan

Tibetan: jab fan, g-job (p. g-jobs) to move about, to swing, brandish.

Burmese: jap to fan; to wave (hand); a fan.

Lushai: zāp (zaʔ) to fan, winnow; KC *jāpʔ.

Comments: Mikir hi-ǯap, Banpara raŋ-zep; ?BG: Dimasa ǯau, Garo čo row, paddle, dig; Miri mǝyap. Sh. 430, Ben 32. ? Cf. also Jnp. lǝyit² to fan.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔapVj (~x-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: bellows

Ket: āj (South.), North. āji³; plur. ājeŋ¹

Yug: āfej¹ / afe:j³, pl. āfejeŋ¹

Kottish: afu 'forging', afu-het 'smith', afu-ākŋ 'to forge'

Comments: ССЕ 182. Medial -f- in Kottish is not quite clear (-p- would be expected); a special development in front of -u- cannot be excluded. Werner (1, 94) treats the word as a compound of *ʔapV 'hotness' + *ʔāχ- 'sack' (q.v.); this may be applicable (as a folk etymology) to the Ket and Yug forms, but cannot explain the Kottish form (something like *afak or *apak would be expected).

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : HVPV

Meaning : to blow, fan

Sino-Caucasian : *jVpV̄́ ( ~ -b-)

Austric : PAN *kiab 'fan, to fan'; *sayap 'wing'; *Seyup, *tiup 'blow'

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