Long-range etymologies : Query result

Borean (approx.) : CVMNV

Meaning : dream

Eurasiatic : *CVm(ŋ)V

Afroasiatic : WChad. *sām- 'sleep, dream', Ar. smr- 'pass the night'

Sino-Caucasian : *ɦ[ć]wínV

Austric : PAA *cɨǝm 'night'

Amerind (misc.) : *cVm- 'night' (under *ṭumak R 507); *cima 'sleep' (R 646) [+ A?]

Notes : Cf. CVMV

Reference : ND 2693.

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : to swallow

Eurasiatic : *Sem[H]V

Afroasiatic : *sim-

Sino-Caucasian : ? ST *cĭm(H) 'soak, submerge'; *ćăm 'moisten, soak'; *ćhɨāmH 'gruel, soup'

Austric : *CVm

African (misc.) : Cf. Macro-Khoisan *c̮[K]U[m] "to suck".

Reference : МССНЯ 335; ND 2065, 2066.

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : grass, reed

Eurasiatic : *ćVmV

Afroasiatic : *sayam-

Sino-Caucasian : *c̣_wǝ̄nHē

Reference : ND 302.

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : to taste, eat

Eurasiatic : *č`VmV ?

Afroasiatic : *čamaʔ-

Sino-Caucasian : *=ĕč̣Vm- ( ~ šṭ)

Austric : PAA *ciɛm feed, eat

Amerind (misc.) : *sVmV (Alm., Keres., Penuti, Andean) 'mouth' (under *c̣imak 'hole' R 376)

Reference : ND 422 (Kartv-SH). Peiros 1989, 127.

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : sour, bitter

Eurasiatic : *č`VmV

Afroasiatic : *ĉ̣am- (?ND *č̣- and more forms)

Sino-Caucasian : *ɦć̣wV́jmV

Austric : PAA *cVm 'vinegar', PAN *esem, *qaleSem 'sour'

Reference : ND 423, Peiros 1989.

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : smear; fat

Eurasiatic : *ć`ämV

Afroasiatic : *sim-an- ~ *sin-am- (cf. also Sem. *šVmāχ- 'intestine, spleen'; *ŝaħm- 'fat')

Sino-Caucasian : *cwä̆́jŋĕ (cf. also *sḗħmV intestine, vein')

Austric : PAA *cVŋ 'bitter', PAN *qasiN 'saltiness, salty taste'

Reference : ND 303, 454, 2063; Sag 22 (Chin.-AN). obviously several roots that are to be sorted out. Cf. also Ainu *sanpe 'heart'.

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : hear

Eurasiatic : *SVmV

Afroasiatic : *sim-

Amerind (misc.) : Penuti, Hoka *cVmV 'ear, hear' (under *c̣imak 'hole' R 376)

Reference : ND 2069.

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : eyebrow (> eyelid); hair of head

Eurasiatic : *SVmrV

Afroasiatic : *sVʔVm- (cf. also Cush. *c̣VmVr- 'tail')

Sino-Caucasian : *c̣ɦwä̆mḗ

Austric : PAA *cVm 'hair', (Usher) Yao *syaam 'beard', Daic sam etc.

Amerind (misc.) : *cume 'hair' (R 339) [+ K]; cf. also *čom 'skin' (R 636)

African (misc.) : ? Bantu *-cé(é)mbò 'horn'.

Reference : ND 342, 2070 (with confusion); GE 12 *tsuma (+ Khois., NS)

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : bone

Eurasiatic : *ʒ́VmV ? (cf. also *c`iŋu)

Afroasiatic : *cimʕ- (?) (cf. also Sem. *ʕač̣m-)

Sino-Caucasian : *Hc̣wḗjŋǝ̆

Austric : Cf. Austric: PAA *Cǝʔɨaŋ 'bone', PAN *suŋu 'horn' (cf. also *ʔʒVŋ 'foot, leg')

Amerind (misc.) : Salish *s-c̣ụmʔ 'bone'(under R 82 *tui)

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : blood

Afroasiatic : *ʒam(ʔ)- blood

Notes : No known external parallels.

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : dark, black

Eurasiatic : *sVmV dark

Afroasiatic : Sem. *šħm- 'dark'

African (misc.) : Cf. Macro-Khoisan *CUm "shadow".

Notes : Cf. CVMNV

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : name, shape

Eurasiatic : *šamV

Afroasiatic : *(ʔi-)sim-

Sino-Caucasian : *=ēmcŪ́

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : edge

Eurasiatic : *cimu ( ~ ć-, č-, č`-) top, summit

Sino-Caucasian : *ʒū́mV point, edge

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : fish

Eurasiatic : *č`VHmV

Afroasiatic : *ĉ̣amb- ?

Amerind (misc.) : *čuma 'fish' (R 269)

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : marsh, uncultivated land

Eurasiatic : *[sw]VjmV

Afroasiatic : *ĉVym-

Borean (approx.) : CVMV

Meaning : a k. of bird

Eurasiatic : *CVmV

Afroasiatic : Sem. *sVmVm(-at)- 'a k. of bird'

Sino-Caucasian : *c̣wä́[m]ʔV̆

Austric : PAA *ce:m 'bird'

Borean (approx.) : CVNCV

Meaning : a biting insect

Eurasiatic : *CVnCV

Afroasiatic : *č̣Vnč̣- (Cush., Omot.)

Sino-Caucasian : NC *cīmc_V et al.

African (misc.) : ? Cf. Bantu *-cúndò, *-cúndù, *-cúnjù 'leech'.

Reference : ND 2782.

Borean (approx.) : CVNCV

Meaning : an internal organ

Eurasiatic : *CV(n)CV ?

Sino-Caucasian : *ć̣ĕć̣Ĕ́

Notes : Cf. ND *sĕ̀t' liver'.

Borean (approx.) : CVNCV

Meaning : to stand, hang down (?)

Eurasiatic : *sVŋʒ́V

Notes : A rather shaky Ur.-Alt. isogloss.

Borean (approx.) : CVNKV

Meaning : smoke

Eurasiatic : *ǯun[k]V

Afroasiatic : *c̣in- (cf. also *ʕačan-)

Austric : *cVŋ smell; nose

Amerind (misc.) : *c̣eka 'smoke' (R 656) [+ A K] ?

African (misc.) : Cf. Macro-Khoisan *c̣VḳV "smoke".

Reference : МССНЯ 340; ND 398, 424 (with various SH parallels).