Long-range etymologies : Query result

Borean (approx.) : PVKV

Meaning : to burst, split (many roots)

Eurasiatic : *paḳV

Sino-Caucasian : ST *puak 'to pierce, burst open', *phāk 'to dismantle', *phjǝ̆k 'to destroy', *phōk 'beat, hit'

Austric : *pVk 'cut, split'; *PVk 'pound, beat'

African (misc.) : Bantu *-bég- 'break, snap' or *-pàká 'boundary'.

Reference : ND 367.

Borean (approx.) : PVKV

Meaning : to rub, scratch

Eurasiatic : *ṗIḳV

Afroasiatic : *PVḥVḳ-

Sino-Caucasian : *bVxV ( ~ -xg-,-xq̇-)

African (misc.) : Bantu *-pàk- 'to rub'.

Reference : (NDD 1680, 1683).

Borean (approx.) : PVKV

Meaning : dust, dirt

Eurasiatic : *böḳa

Afroasiatic : *buḳ- (also *bubuk earth, dust)

Sino-Caucasian : *bʕṓqwV

Austric : PAN *apuk 'dust', *la(m)bug 'turbid', PAA *bʔok 'rotten'

Amerind (misc.) : *pok 'ashes' (R 25) [+ A]

Borean (approx.) : PVKV

Meaning : liver

Eurasiatic : Alt. *pi̯ā̀ki liver

Notes : A local Alt. root.

Borean (approx.) : PVKV

Meaning : to pour, wash

Afroasiatic : *baḳʷ-

Amerind (misc.) : *puk 'bathe' (R 12-13); *paku 'water' (R 827) [+ A]

Borean (approx.) : PVKV

Meaning : hard, firm

Eurasiatic : *pVKV

Amerind (misc.) : *pak 'bone' (actually - 'hard, dry') (R 81) [+ K]; *pake 'stone' (R 699) [+ A]

Borean (approx.) : PVKV

Meaning : bow

Eurasiatic : *büḲa

Afroasiatic : *pVg-

Amerind (misc.) : *poḳu 'bow' (R 88)

Reference : GE 32 *bu(n)ka (+ NC, NS, IP, Austral.)

Borean (approx.) : PVKV

Meaning : to be mad, stupid

Eurasiatic : *buḳV

Austric : *bVk

Borean (approx.) : PVLCV

Meaning : hair (feather; whiskers)

Sino-Caucasian : *bilʒ́V́

Notes : So far attested only in SC.

Borean (approx.) : PVLKV

Meaning : leaf

Sino-Caucasian : *ʕapālxq̇wĔ́

Austric : PAN *paqpaq, *palaqpaq 'midrib of coconut leaf'

Borean (approx.) : PVLMV

Meaning : foot, knee

Eurasiatic : *bVl(m)V

Sino-Caucasian : *ṗɨ̆mɫV̆́

Borean (approx.) : PVLNV

Meaning : palm of hand, handful

Eurasiatic : *ṗVlŋV

Austric : PAA *pa:ŋ, MY *phaŋ handful

Amerind (misc.) : *pel 'hand' (R 358) [+ A]

Borean (approx.) : PVLV

Meaning : shine, burn (several roots?)

Eurasiatic : *belV

Afroasiatic : *bVlVg- / *bVlVḳ-

Austric : PAN *balar 'pale, albino', *balaR 'pale, white'

Amerind (misc.) : *pali 'sun, shine' (R 705) [P H C Pa An E MP MG]; *pole 'white' (R 843) [Pa MT E MP]

African (misc.) : Bantu *-bád- 'shine'.

Reference : МССНЯ 363; ND 204; in ND 207 (*bäĺ[X]V 'boil, cook' a non-existent Alt. root is compared with Cush. *bll- 'boil' which may also be related somehow); GE *bel (+ NS); Guthrie 17.

Borean (approx.) : PVLV

Meaning : many, full

Eurasiatic : *ṗalV

Afroasiatic : Sem. *pVlħ-; Angas pil (?)

Sino-Caucasian : *bVɫV

Austric : PAN *pǝlpǝl 'fill'

Amerind (misc.) : *pala 'big' (R 56) [ + A]

African (misc.) : Bantu *-bụ̀d- 'become plentiful' (?).

Reference : ND 1709, 1710; Peiros 1989; Guthrie 224.

Borean (approx.) : PVLV

Meaning : to fear, be angry

Eurasiatic : *belHi

Afroasiatic : *bihal- ( + *nVbel- 1458)

Reference : МССНЯ 331-332, ОСНЯ 2, 98-99 (but PIE *pelǝ- 'shake', PD *pir_V- 'tremble, fear' and AA forms with *p- should be kept apart).

Borean (approx.) : PVLV

Meaning : to swallow, throat; pipe

Eurasiatic : *balʕ[u]

Afroasiatic : *balVʕ/ɣ- (cf. also *balaʕ- 'eat, swallow')

Sino-Caucasian : *HpēɫV̄ ?

Reference : МССНЯ 336, ОСНЯ 1, 173; ND 200.

Borean (approx.) : PVLV

Meaning : burn

Eurasiatic : *ṗaĺV

Afroasiatic : *fiyal-; Cush. *bul- 'warm' (ND 195)

Sino-Caucasian : *bVlV ( ~ -ɫ-)

Amerind (misc.) : *apali 'firewood' (actually 'fire, burn, hot') (R 268)

Reference : МССНЯ 337; ND 195, 1726; GE 103 *pal.

Borean (approx.) : PVLV

Meaning : leaf tree

Eurasiatic : *ṗVlV

Afroasiatic : ? Akk. bulaʔu 'firewood', Irq paʔal-mo 'board' (ND 1724)

Sino-Caucasian : *pħɨ̄́ɫV̄

Borean (approx.) : PVLV

Meaning : flat, level

Eurasiatic : *ṗVlHV

Afroasiatic : *palaḥ- (+ *nVpVl- ~ *pVlan- 1691) (+ Berb. in ND 1708); also Cush. *balḍ- and Berb. *fltɣ in 1719.

Sino-Caucasian : ST *phrĕŋ 'straight, level'

Amerind (misc.) : *paƛa 'broad' (R 96) [+ A K]

Reference : ND 1689, 1708.

Borean (approx.) : PVLV

Meaning : fly, flea

Eurasiatic : *ṗVlV

Afroasiatic : *pVy/ʔVl-

Reference : ND 1694a.