Long-range etymologies : Query result

Borean (approx.) : MVRV

Meaning : good, new

Afroasiatic : *mVr- (in Chad. also 'new')

Sino-Caucasian : *mVrHV

Borean (approx.) : MVSV

Meaning : fog

Eurasiatic : *musV

Sino-Caucasian : *mŭs_i

Reference : Suggested by V. Glumov.

Borean (approx.) : MVTV

Meaning : die, finish

Eurasiatic : *muṭV

Afroasiatic : *mawVt-

Sino-Caucasian : ST *mē̆t 'extinguish, destroy'

African (misc.) : Bantu *-màd- 'finish'?

Borean (approx.) : MVTV

Meaning : face, head

Eurasiatic : *mVṭV

Afroasiatic : *mVtVħ- 'head' (Cush., Omot., Chad.)

Sino-Caucasian : *Hmǝ̆[ṭ]é (~-i)

Austric : PAA *mat, PAN *mata 'eye'

Reference : ND 1497; Peiros 1989, 129.

Borean (approx.) : MVTV

Meaning : female genitalia

Eurasiatic : *mVṭV

Afroasiatic : *mVṭVH- 'woman' (Berb., Ar., Omot., Chad.; the meaning "penis" in some languages may be due to contam. with *mVt- 'man')

Amerind (misc.) : *mat 'belly, navel, rectum' ? (R 53)

Reference : ND 1502, 1506.

Borean (approx.) : MVTV

Meaning : moisture

Eurasiatic : *mVtV

Afroasiatic : *mVṭ- (or *mVtVʔ-) 'wet, moisture' (Sem., Eg., Cush., Chad., Berb.)

Sino-Caucasian : NC *ʔĕmtŭ 'liquid, wet'

Reference : ND 1496, 1504.

Borean (approx.) : MVTV

Meaning : worm

Eurasiatic : *mVṭV

Afroasiatic : *mVṭ- 'worm' (Chad., Cush.)

Sino-Caucasian : *ɦwe(m)ṭi (? = *ɦwVmṭV 'red'?)

Austric : *mVt

Amerind (misc.) : *mete 'snake; worm' (R 665)

Borean (approx.) : MVTV

Meaning : dark, black

Eurasiatic : *muṭV dark

Sino-Caucasian : Bur. mutum 'black' ( < Drav. 'dark'?)

Notes : Basically IE-Drav.; Burushaski may be borrowed (?).

Borean (approx.) : MVWV

Meaning : water, wet

Eurasiatic : *mEwV

Afroasiatic : *maʔ- (cf. also *ham-)

Sino-Caucasian : *ɦwmēɦwā ( ~ -ǝ̄)

Austric : PAN *qumuR 'fill mouth with water', PAA *mɨa 'rain'

African (misc.) : Cf. Bantu *-mè, *-mì 'dew'; or *-mụ́- 'drink'.

Reference : МССНЯ 334, ОСНЯ 2, 62-63; ND 1382.

Borean (approx.) : NV

Meaning : interrog. or relat. pronoun

Eurasiatic : *ŋiV

Afroasiatic : *nV 'who, what' (Cush., Chad.); *ʔaj / *ʔaw- (Cush., Chad.)

Sino-Caucasian : *hē-nV

Austric : PAA *nVw 'who', PAN *anu what

Amerind (misc.) : *na 'interrogative' (R 398) [+ A K]

African (misc.) : Bantu *-yànị́ 'who, what'.

Notes : Cf. also Ainu *ne- 'what, who'. [Forms like *jV are tentatively united, but may in fact represent a different root].

Reference : ND 1633.

Borean (approx.) : NV

Meaning : 1st p. pron.

Eurasiatic : *ŋV

Afroasiatic : *ʔan-

Sino-Caucasian : *ŋV

Austric : PAA *ʔVń / *ʔVj 'I', Yao *ʔja (?), POc *ŋau 'I' (?)

Amerind (misc.) : *na(ʔ) 'I' (R 386) [+ A K]; *ʔi 'I' (R 387) [+ A K]

African (misc.) : Bantu *-né 'I, me'. Cf. Macro-Khoisan *ŋ~*n "I".

Notes : Austr. *ʔVj : Amer. *ʔi - a different root?

Reference : ND 47, 1526; GE 100 'we (exclusive)'.

Borean (approx.) : NV

Meaning : a demonstrative element

Eurasiatic : *nV

Afroasiatic : *(hV)-nV

Sino-Caucasian : *nV

Austric : PAA *na:j 'this', PAN *ia-ni, MY *noN this

Amerind (misc.) : *ni ~ *na 'this' (R 746) [+ A]

African (misc.) : Bantu *-ná 'that, those'.

Reference : ND 775; GE 96 *na.

Borean (approx.) : NV

Meaning : thou [2nd p. pronoun]

Eurasiatic : *nV thou

Afroasiatic : *nV thou

Sino-Caucasian : ST *na thou

Notes : Cf. also ND *ŋǝn ~ *nǝŋ 'thou'.

Borean (approx.) : NVCV

Meaning : woman, female

Eurasiatic : *nVzV ( ~ -ʒ-)

Afroasiatic : *nisw-

Sino-Caucasian : *nŭsÁ

Reference : ND 1567, 1575 with confusion (Kartv. *nusa and IE *snuso- are most probably borrowed < NC).

Borean (approx.) : NVHV

Meaning : child

Sino-Caucasian : *ŋVHV

Austric : PAN *uŋaq 'child, baby'

Amerind (misc.) : *(a)nu 'child' (R 118)

Notes : Cf. *NVWV. PAN may be < ST.

Borean (approx.) : NVHV

Meaning : to stay, be, stand

Eurasiatic : *nV(w)HV

Sino-Caucasian : *nej (*HinV)

Austric : *ʔVn dwell, stay

Amerind (misc.) : *ni 'sit' (R 630)

Borean (approx.) : NVJV

Meaning : louse, nit

Eurasiatic : *ñejV

Afroasiatic : ? WChad. *nVŋV / *nVʷV mosquito

Sino-Caucasian : *HVŋHwV

Reference : (For NC cf. alternatively PST *m(r)ɨ̆ 140 `taste', Bur. Yas. njam, Hun., Nag. ujám `sweet'; PAA *ʔVm 'bitter, sweet', Yao im 'bitter', Tai ʔǝ:m 'sweet' - cf. also PFU *jimä(-lä) 'sweet'; PSH *ʔVm(Vm)- 'spice; honey'; Amer. *mumu / *mumi 'bee, fly' [+ A]; Amer.-SH, with wrong Nostr., see GE 94 *mus).

Borean (approx.) : NVJV

Meaning : hair, rope

Eurasiatic : *ŋVjV

Afroasiatic : *ʔin-

Sino-Caucasian : *ħwēŋɦV̆́ (~-ʕ-)

Borean (approx.) : NVJV

Meaning : to burn, sun

Eurasiatic : *nVjV

Sino-Caucasian : ST *nij 'day, sun'

Austric : *ʔńVj

Amerind (misc.) : *hini 'sun' (R 713)

African (misc.) : Cf. Macro-Khoisan *ʔna- "fire, to burn".

Borean (approx.) : NVKCV

Meaning : nose

Eurasiatic : *ŋVkCV

Afroasiatic : SSem. *nχŝ- 'bone of the nose'

Amerind (misc.) : *netik (actually *necik) 'nose' (R 513) [+ A K]

Notes : Basically Nostratic; but cf. also PND *nī́ć' 'nose'. Without *-CV cf. perhaps: Kartv. *niḳ- 'nose, chin', Drav. *mok- 'face' (Nostr. *ŋwVḳV ?); SH *ni/uḳ- 'suck, lick'; Amer. *nik 'tongue' R 766) ?