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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ph]ăŋH
Meaning: twist, spin, spindle
Tibetan: phaŋ spindle.
Kachin: gǝbaŋ3 a hand-spindle.
Comments: Thebor phaŋ spindle; Simon 16, Ben. 25.
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 紡
Modern (Beijing) reading: fǎng
Preclassic Old Chinese: phaŋʔ
Classic Old Chinese: pháŋ
Western Han Chinese: pháŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: phwáŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: phwáŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: phwáŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: phwáŋ
Middle Chinese: phwáŋ
English meaning : twist, spin
Russian meaning[s]: прясть; плести; вить, сучить
Radical: 120
Four-angle index: 4231
Karlgren code: 0740 r
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Chinese Dialects :
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Number: 1024
Character: 紡
MC description : 宕合三上養敷
ZIHUI: 4791 2238
Beijing: faŋ 2
Jinan: faŋ 2
Xi'an: faŋ 2
Taiyuan: fa_̃ 2
Hankou: faŋ 2
Chengdu: faŋ 2
Yangzhou: fâŋ 2
Suzhou: fa_ŋ 2
Wenzhou: xuɔ 21
Changsha: fan 2
Shuangfeng: xaŋ 2
Nanchang: фuɔŋ 2
Meixian: fɔŋ 2
Guangzhou: fɔŋ 21
Xiamen: hɔŋ 2 (lit.); phaŋ 2
Chaozhou: huaŋ 21
Fuzhou: xuɔŋ 2
Shanghai: fa_̃ 3
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *pV́HV (*HVpV)
Meaning: to weave
North Caucasian: PWC *pa- 'weave, plait'
Comments and references : HGC 36. sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-notes,
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *pVʔV
Meaning: to wind (rope etc.)
Ket: hʌ:3
Yug: fъ:3
Kottish: fo-fūjaŋ (pret. fōna-fūjaŋ, imp. fan-fui)
Comments: ССЕ 254. Werner 1, 342 <*phǝphǝ>.
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : HVPV
Meaning : to plait, weave
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *HUbV
Meaning: to plait, weave
References: Климов 1994, 72-74; ND 710 *GUbV 'to plait, weave, wattle' (+ Arab.). nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-kart,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *webh- <PIH *Hʷ->
Meaning: to weave
Hittite: hupala- 'Fischnetz' (?), hupiki- n. 'Schleier', hupitant-, hupitawant- 'verschleiert', hupra-, hup(p)ara- 'Kleidungsstück, ? Gürtel' (Tischler 290ff)
Tokharian: A wäp-, B wāp- (PT *wäp-) 'weave' (Adams 586)
Old Indian: ubhati, umbhati `to cover over'
Avestan: ubdaēna- `aus Webstoff, aus Zeug gemacht'
Other Iranian: NPers bāfad `er webt'
Old Greek: hüphä́i̯nō `weben, anzetteln, ersinnen, verfertigen', hüphǟ́ `das Weben', hǘphos n. `id.
Albanian: veń `ich webe'
Russ. meaning: ткать, плести
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *wiban- vb., caus. *wabjan-; *wabja-n, -z, *wabjō; *wubja-; *wafa-n; *wabēn, *wafti-z (~ *wifta-z)
Meaning: weawe, plait
Old Norse: vefa st. `weben, flechten'; vef-r m. `Gewebe, dünnes Vaδmál'; vefja wk. `wickeln, entwickeln'; vaf n. `Umhüllung, Gewebe'; veft-r, vept-r m. `Einschlag; grobes Zeug'
Norwegian: vev; vevja vb.; veft
Swedish: väva vb.; öv `Einschlag' (уток); väv; vav; dial. väft
Danish: väv
Old English: wefan `weben, flechten, knüpfen', webb `Gewebe, Aufzug, gewobenes Zeug'; webbian `ersinnen, ausdenken'; wǟfre `unstet, flackernd'
Old Frisian: OWFris wob
Old Saxon: wevan; webbi `Gewebe, Aufzug, gewobenes Zeug'
Middle Dutch: wēven; webbe n. `web, weefsel'
Dutch: weven; web, webbe f.
Middle Low German: wēven; weffen `weben, flechten, knüpfen'
Old High German: weban st. `weben, flechten' (um 800), weppi, wuppi `Gewebe'
Middle High German: wëben st. 'weben, wirken, flechten, spinnen', wɛben wk. 'weben'; wɛpfe, wɛpf wk. m., st. n. 'zettelgarn, einschlag', wɛppe, wɛbbe st. n. 'aufzug eines gewebes, das gewebe selbst; spinnengewebe; gürtel; riemen'; wippe, wüppe st. n. 'gewebe'
German: weben
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 2094
Root: u̯ebh-1
English meaning: to weave, plait
German meaning: `weben, flechten, knüpfen'
Material: Ai. ubhnā́ti, umbháti, unábdhi `schnürt zusammen', mit ápa- und prá- `bindet', ū́rṇā-vábhi- m. `Spinne' (eig. Wollweber); jünger -vābhi- nach vā- `weben' (idg. *u̯ē-, oben S. 75); av. ubdaēna- `aus Webstoff, aus Zeug gemacht' (von einem *ubda- `Gewebtes', idg. *ubh-tó-); np. bāfad `er webt'; gr. ὑφή `das Weben', ὑφόωσι η 105, sonst ὑφαίνω `webe', ὕφος n. `das Weben' (nach denvorigen aus *έφος umvokalisiert);
alb. venj `ich webe' (*u̯ebhni̯ō);
ahd. weban `weben, flechten, spinnen', ags. wefan `weben, flechten, knüpfen', aisl. vefa `weben, flechten, schlingen' (Partiz. ofinn), vefja (*u̯obhei̯ō) `wickeln, hüllen' = ags. webbian `weben'; aisl. veptr, ags. weft, wift, wefta `Einschlagfaden', mhd. wift `feiner Faden, Gewebe;Honigwabe'; aisl. vaf `Windel', vafi `Verwicklung, Unordnung'; ahd. waba, wabo `Honigwabe', aisl.vefr (*waƀja-) `Gewebe, Aufzug, gewobenes Zeug' = ags. webb, as. webbi, ahd. weppi ds.; ahd. wuppi `Gewebe', schwed. öu (aisl. *yfr) `Einschlag';
ē-stufig aisl. kongurvāfa, ags. gangelwǣfre `Spinne';
toch. В wāp- `weben', wapātsa `Weber', wpelme `Gewebe'.
References: WP. I 257, Mayrhofer 1, 107;
See also: gehört zu au-5 `weben' S. 75; dazu *u̯obhsā `Wespe'.
Pages: 1114
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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *ɣob-
Russian meaning: плести
English meaning: to plait
Georgian: ɣob- 'to block', ɣobe 'hedge'
Megrel: ɣob- 'to plait', ɣober- 'hedge'
Svan: ɣob, ɣweb
Svan meaning (Rus.): улей
Svan meaning (Eng.): bee-hive
Laz: ɣob- 'to plait', ɣober- 'hedge'
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 205, EWK 393. Ср. ПИЕ *(H)webh- 'ткать, плести' (сравнение см. Климов 1994, 72-74, однако предположение о заимствовании совершенно не обязательно; слово может представлять и исконный ностратический фонд).
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔVbaw-
Meaning: cord; tie
Notes: Scarce data.
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: wꜣb (sarc)
Meaning: 'cord'
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *[HV]bway-
Meaning: 'tie' 1, 'weave' 2, 'twist' 3
Mafa=Matakam: -vaw- 3
Bachama: ḅwéyò 1
Bata: bwe~ 1
Peve: bǝ 2
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