Uralic etymology :

Number: 1763

Proto: *čärlV (*ćärlV)

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: overfall

German meaning: Stromschnelle

Mansi (Vogul): särĺī (TJ) '"настрёвник" (на лугах)', särlǝ-waŋkǝ (LU) '"ляжина" (в болотах)', sārlä (N) 'abschüssige Stelle im Flusse, wo das Wasser stürzend fließt' ?

Hungarian: sellő 'Stromschnelle; Nixe, Wasserfrau'

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *cwVrV

Meaning: swift current

Altaic: *čúrka ( ~ -i̯o-)

Uralic: *čärlV (*ćärlV)

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *čúrka ( ~ -i̯o-)

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: swift stream, current

Russian meaning: быстрый поток, течение

Turkic: {*duruk 'clear, transparent (of water)'}

Mongolian: *dargil

Tungus-Manchu: *ǯurku

Japanese: *tákí, *tanki-t-

Comments: Ozawa 119-120, 241-242 (Jpn.-Mong.). A good common Altaic landscape term.

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *dargil

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: rapid current

Russian meaning: быстрина, быстрое течение

Written Mongolian: dargil (L 233)

Khalkha: dargil

Kalmuck: därgḷ

Comments: KW 89. Mong. > Evk. dargi etc., see Doerfer MT 123.

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ǯurku

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 rapid, swift stream 2 fairway

Russian meaning: 1 быстрое течение, быстрина 2 фарватер

Even: ǯụrqụ 1

Negidal: ǯojkụ 2

Comments: ТМС 1, 277.

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *tákí, *tanki-t-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 swift current, waterfall 2 to foam, overflow

Russian meaning: 1 быстрый поток, водопад 2 пениться, переливаться

Old Japanese: takji 1, tagjit- 2

Middle Japanese: tákí 1, tagir- 2

Tokyo: tàki 1, tagír- 2

Kyoto: tákí 1, tágír- 2

Kagoshima: táki 1, tagír- 2

Comments: JLTT 539, 761.

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