Long-range etymologies : Query result

Borean (approx.) : CVNV

Meaning : blue

Eurasiatic : *swVNV

Sino-Caucasian : *śVŋV́

African (misc.) : Cf. Macro-Khoisan *ʒa̯N- "blue, green".

Borean (approx.) : CVNV

Meaning : cold

Eurasiatic : *SVŋV

Afroasiatic : WChad. *sVn- 'cold'

Amerind (misc.) : *canik 'cold' (R 135) [+ A]

Borean (approx.) : CVNV

Meaning : narrow

Eurasiatic : *č`VnV

Amerind (misc.) : *cian 'narrow' (R 496)

Borean (approx.) : CVNV

Meaning : a k. of insect

Sino-Caucasian : *č̣wɨ̆nhV ( ~ šṭ-)

Amerind (misc.) : *tina (in fact *Cina) 'louse, flea, nit' (R 447) [+ A K]

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : glue, join

Eurasiatic : *ćabV

Afroasiatic : ? Alg. ĉ̣ufa, Som. ḍōbo 'mud'

Sino-Caucasian : *č̣Hĕpɨ̆ ( ~ šṭ-)

Austric : PAN *rajup 'stitch, join', PAA *cVp 'meet; touch', *cap 'join'

Amerind (misc.) : ? *cap- 'dirt' (under *tampi 'earth' R 205)

Reference : МССНЯ 344; ND 488 (SH-Nostr.); NSC 53 *č̣ebV. Cf. also Nostr. *Cap`a 'take' etc. (see Peiros 1989, 129).

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : small bird

Eurasiatic : *ciṗV

Afroasiatic : *c̣ipVr- (cf. also Berb., Omot. *sVf-)

Reference : ND 349, 2100.

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : finger, claw

Eurasiatic : *č`wVṗV

Afroasiatic : *č̣ipar-

Reference : ND 427 (with somewhat different SH data).

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : to sink

Eurasiatic : *č`VṗV

Afroasiatic : *č̣Vf-

Reference : ND 430; also 328 SH *c̣Vbɣ- 'dye, dip' (Sem., Cush.).

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : thin, narrow

Eurasiatic : *ćUṗV

Afroasiatic : Sem. *ṣ̂pp ~ *ṣ̂bb 'narrow', Agaw., ECush.

Reference : NDD 489.

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : sweep

Eurasiatic : *šwxVjṗV

Afroasiatic : *cip- (somewhat different in ND 2102).

Austric : PAN *t'apu` sweep'

Reference : ND 2102, Peiros 1989, 129.

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : fat, intestines

Eurasiatic : *sebV ( ~ ś-, š-)

Afroasiatic : *ŝVbVħ- 'fat', ECush. *subaħ- 'butter'

Sino-Caucasian : *šdăbV́

Reference : ND 2183.

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : suck

Eurasiatic : *SUṗV

Afroasiatic : *ĉVp- (?)

Sino-Caucasian : *[c̣]uṗV

Austric : PAA *cVp, PAN *cupcup, *sepsep, *hisep 'sip, suck'

Notes : Sag. 48 (Chin. 噆 - AN).

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : evening

Eurasiatic : *ʒwVṗV

Notes : Here also Ainu *cup 'moon' (also 'sun')?

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : hair, tail

Eurasiatic : *sVPV

Afroasiatic : *sa/u(m)bVb- tuft of hair (+ Chad. Kot. *Sap-)

Sino-Caucasian : (Av. s:ap 'hair')

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : tail, back

Afroasiatic : *ǯu/ib-an-

Notes : So far noted only in SH.

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : break, chop

Eurasiatic : *cVṗV

Sino-Caucasian : cf. ST *[ć]ep tear, break, *căp cut, trim

Austric : *CVp

Amerind (misc.) : *supa 'axe, chop with an axe' (R 30) [+ A K]

Reference : Peiros 1989, 127.

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : bitter

Eurasiatic : *sVbV

Afroasiatic : ? ECush. *ʕusūbo 'salt'

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : people, army

Eurasiatic : *čVbV

Afroasiatic : *ĉ̣abaʔ-

Reference : Suggested by V. Glumov.

Borean (approx.) : CVRPV

Meaning : dog, wolf

Afroasiatic : *ǯiʔib-

Sino-Caucasian : *čɨrbV́

Reference : ND 2771 *ǯiʔVbV 'wolf' (SH; Nostr. parallels are unreliable; Georg. čiba 'young dog' definitely < NC).

Borean (approx.) : CVRPV

Meaning : to suck (?)

Eurasiatic : *CVrbV

Afroasiatic : *ĉarah-