Nostratic etymology : Query result

Comments: [In Alt. cf. also *čḕlV 'split; hole, crack'; *zelo 'naked' (AD); cf. also SDr *śil- 'small hole' and Cush., Chad. *sVl- 'hole' in ND 2047a *SilV 'hole'; in Kartv. cf. Georg. šal- 'destroy, annihilate, spoil'; in FU - Perm. *šöĺ- 'split, break to pieces'; FU s'älä- (? ̃ c'älä-) 'schneiden'; in Kartv. - Georg. sx(a)l- / sxwl- 'trim (trees, vine)']. Cf. *CVlV 'bark, peel'.

References: МССНЯ 360, ОСНЯ 1, 195-196; ND 298 *ćal[Eʕ]o 'split, cut'; ND 387 *čalV 'to beat, knock down' (same Alt. + PGnd *sal-s- + Arab. ɵll- 'détruire', Kab. t_izlǝllit_ 'coup vigoureux'?); 2158 *šeĺV 'to take off, destroy, pull off' (Georg. šal- - Perm. *šöĺ- - ? SDr *ceḷ- 'to draw, pull' + Sem. *šVl- 'pull out']; 2198 *ŝäl(V)qU 'to cleave, cut asunder' (Georg. sxal- + Ur. *ŝälü + Drav. *sel- + Sem. + Alt. from *śoʎV).

Eurasiatic: *cVlV

Meaning: bark, peel

Altaic: *č`ali

Uralic: *ćele (also *śaĺV )

Dravidian: SDR *sol-i- 'to strip, peel' (2413) or *śiḷ-i- id. (2205)

Eskimo-Aleut: *caluv-

References: ND 295 *ćel̄E 'to peel' (Turk.+Ur.; also adds Sem. *šlχ- 'to skin' and some IE and Kartv. forms that are hard to separate from *CVlV 'split').

Eurasiatic: *CVlV

Meaning: to burn, flash

Borean: Borean

Altaic: *ǯi̯ale (+ *zi̯oĺa 'shine, blaze')

Uralic: *śala

Comments: Cf. also *ĆuxLV, *čilV.

References: ND 2719 *ʒ́alV 'flame' (+ Sem.), 2729 *ZaHuĺV 'light, sunshine' (Alt. *zioĺa + ??IE + Sem.); 2795 *ʒ̂uʡLV 'to shine, blaze; flame' (Alt. *nole + Arab. šʕl-...).

Eurasiatic: *cVme ( ~ *č-)

Meaning: ant

Altaic: *č`i̯ū̀me ( ~ -i)

Dravidian: *čīm-a

Eurasiatic: *cVmV

Meaning: a k. of grass?

Borean: Borean

Altaic: *č`i̯umu

Kartvelian: *ć̣em-

Dravidian: *ǯamb- ?

References: ND 302 *ciʔamV 'grass' (Turk.-Kartv.-Drav.).

Eurasiatic: *CVmV

Meaning: a k. of bird

Borean: Borean

Altaic: *simo

Eurasiatic: *CVnCV

Meaning: biting insect

Borean: Borean

Altaic: ?*sarču ( ~ *š-)

Uralic: *ćonča ~ ćoča

Kartvelian: *ǯinč̣w-

References: МССНЯ 350; ND 2782 *ǯU[ń]č̣U 'ant, stinging insect'.

Eurasiatic: *CVnKV ?

Meaning: a k. of berry

Altaic: *s[é]rko (?*-n-) (cf. also *šaŋku 1967)

Kartvelian: *cinq̇wa-

Eurasiatic: *CVNV

Meaning: smth. sharp

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: (cf. *stengh-)

Altaic: *č`i̯aŋu ( ~ *č`i̯oŋe) (cf. also *si̯únŋi 2079)

Uralic: *säŋkV (cf. also *ćäŋkV ~ *śäŋkV break, cut off, *šiŋa 'sharpen, whet')

Dravidian: *čāṇ-

Eskimo-Aleut: *caHunǝʁ (~ -ŋ-, -r-)

Comments: Several roots.

References: ND 2089 *s/šäŋV 'tooth' (FU+Drav + SH).

Eurasiatic: *[c]V(n)ʒwV

Meaning: breast

Borean: Borean

Altaic: *č`à̆jǯV

Uralic: *śićä ~ *śińćä

Kartvelian: *ʒuʒu 'female breast'

Dravidian: *čāc-

Comments: Assimilations.

References: ND 2206 *ŝüNʒV 'milk; to suckle' (Ur. + incorr. Kartv. + incorr. Mong. + ?Eg.); 2769 *ʒ́ü(n)ʒ́V 'teat, female breast' (+ Sem.).

Eurasiatic: *cVPV ?

Meaning: a k. of cloth

Altaic: *č`i̯op`a ( ~ *č`i̯ap`u) (cf. also *č`ep`à rag)

Uralic: *śopa (cf. also *śoppV-sV 'sack')

Comments: In Ur. *ć- also possible. Cf. *SVpV

Eurasiatic: *cVṗV

Meaning: chop

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *(s)kep-

Altaic: *č`ăp`a ( ~ -u, -i)

Uralic: *ćappV (cf. also *čappV)

Kartvelian: *c̣ḳeṗ- ?

Dravidian: SDR *savar- 'to cut off' (2049)

Comments: Other similar roots include: Kartv. *zeṗ- 'strike, thresh'; Drav. *cap- 'clap hands'; Ur. *sappV 'strike a heavy blow' (ND 2674); Alt. *sapV 'hit, throw', *ǯobá 'cut, crash'.

References: МССНЯ 361, ОСНЯ 1, 201; ND 347 *ć̣aP_V 'stalk, pointed stick, spear' (Alt.-IE), 351 *ć̣aṗ(ʕ)a 'beat, strike, chop' (Alt.-IE-Drav. + Sem.).

Eurasiatic: *CVṗV

Meaning: pole, fence

Indo-European: *saip-

Altaic: *sắp`í (cf. also *sèp`ù ~ š-)

Uralic: *sappV (cf. also *supsV-rV )

Kartvelian: ?*c̣ḳeṗl-

Comments: Irregular sibilants; cf. *[š]VbV.

References: ND 2182 *ŝab/ṗEħ[i] 'log, piece of wood' (Ur.-Alt. + dub. IE + Arab.).