Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔik

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: skin (of animals, hairy); hair

Ket: ī 'skin', pl. iʔŋ; iŋɔĺt⁵ / iŋɔĺtǝ⁵, pl. iŋɔĺtǝŋ⁵ id.

Yug: ijɔl⁵ / igɔl⁵, pl. iŋgɔlɨŋ⁵ "skin"

Kottish: ēk, pl. ēkán, ēkŋ "hair"

Comments: ССЕ 193. Cf. also Ket. -iɣ-aq "to flay". The paradigm of igɔl in Yug is interesting: it shows that here we have a compound of *ʔik with some second component, each member gaving its own plural: igɔl - iŋ-gɔlɨŋ. The original meaning of the component -gɔl can only be guessed: cf. perhaps PEC *G_ŏŁV "skin" (NCED 463)? Werner 1, 392 <*igǝ>, doubting (for a not quite clear reason) the relationship of Kottish ēk 'hair'.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *jVkV

Meaning: hair, shaggy

Sino-Tibetan: *jĕ(k)

Yenisseian: *ʔik

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *jĕ(k)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: shaggy

Tibetan: jegs rough, shaggy, hairy.

Kachin: je² be shaggy.

Kiranti: Limbu i, mur-ik 'hair'

Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *ʔik

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: hair

Limbu: i, mur-ik

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: i

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: n.

Meaning: a hair (on one's head)

Comments: cf. thɛge:k, murik.

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