Sino-Caucasian etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[c̣]uṗV

Meaning: suck

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *c̣uṗV

Sino-Tibetan: /*ʒ́hV̄p /

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ć̣VʡV́

Meaning: bow, arrow, bow-string

North Caucasian: *ć̣ăʡV

Sino-Tibetan: *śVj

Yenisseian: *cu(ʔ)

Comments and references : HGC 33. [Cf. also PNC *rʔēć̣_wV̆ / *ć̣_wVrʔV `string, bow-string'; ? PST *r-sǝ̆ `sinew, tendon']

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *c̣VdV́

Meaning: bridegroom, husband (?)

North Caucasian: *c̣VduɫV

Yenisseian: *cV(n)t-

Comments and references : Cf. 1165.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *c̣V́HV

Meaning: top, above

Sino-Tibetan: *cha(j)

Yenisseian: *čoʔ- (~c-,-ɔ-)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *c̣VHV

Meaning: thorny plant

Sino-Tibetan: *cūH

Burushaski: *ṣaú

Comments and references : ? Cf. PAN *suqaR 'thorn'.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *c̣VḳV ( ~ ś-,-k-)

Meaning: joint

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *[ch]īk

Burushaski: *śak

Basque: *saki

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *c̣VḳV (?)

Meaning: puppy, dog

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *kīc̣ɨ̄ (? / *c̣īkɨ̄) 'puppy'

Basque: *sakur̄ dog

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ć̣V́ɫHV

Meaning: sharp

Sino-Tibetan: *śal (~-ǝ-, -ɫ)

Yenisseian: *saʔr₁

Burushaski: *sel

Comments and references : Somewhat differently in HGC 33. [?? Arch. č̣ele 'stone']

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ć̣VŋdV

Meaning: black

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ć̣VndV ( ~ -m-)

Sino-Tibetan: [*caŋ]

Comments and references : Cf. PEA *šʷĕ̀n 'black'. Cf. also *c̣ĂwnV.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *c̣VŋHV́

Meaning: sharp; arrow; to pierce

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *c̣ǟnHV

Sino-Tibetan: /*cōn (/*cōŋ) /

Basque: *siHi

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ć̣VŋV

Meaning: to break

North Caucasian: *=ä̆nć̣Ĕ

Sino-Tibetan: *ćhăŋ (~ ʒ́h-)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ć̣V́qV̆

Meaning: head

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: WC *SqIa

Yenisseian: *c[ɨ]ʔG-

Burushaski: *-ćáɣanes

Comments and references : HGC 19, DCE 1. Cf. also ND 46 *cī̀q'.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *c̣VwńV?

Meaning: dirt

North Caucasian: *c̣_ĂwnV

Sino-Tibetan: *[ch]ĭŋ ?

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *c̣wĀjnV

Meaning: fruit, kernel

North Caucasian: *c̣wĀjnV ( ~ c̣_-)

Basque: *sinV

Comments and references : Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *c̣wä́[m]ʔV̆

Meaning: eagle, hawk

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *c̣_wämʔV̆ / *ʔār-c̣_wämʔV̆

Sino-Tibetan: LB *dzwan `hawk, kite'

Burushaski: /? *hárćimo /

Basque: *śai

Comments and references : WFR 95.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *c̣wĕ́nhV

Meaning: salt

North Caucasian: *c̣_wĕnhV ( ~ *c̣_ĕmhV)

Sino-Tibetan: *C[u]āj

Basque: *śami-n

Comments and references : WFR 70; different in NSC 53.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *c̣wǝ̄́nHē

Meaning: cane, reed

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *Hnǝ̄c̣_wē (/*c̣_wǝ̄nHē)

Sino-Tibetan: *ʒhu ( ~ ʒ́h-, -ew, -aw)

Basque: *siHi

Comments and references : cf. also *ć̣ăʡV 'reed, cane'?

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ć̣wɦé̆ɫi

Meaning: a k. of foliage tree

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *č̣_wɦĕli ( ~ ć̣_-, -ʕ-, -ɫ-)

Sino-Tibetan: *śǝl

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[c̣]wŏ́jV ( ~ -ɨ̆-) ( ~ sṭ-)

Meaning: female

North Caucasian: *c̣_wŏjV ( ~ -ɨ̆-)

Sino-Tibetan: /OC 雌 ćhej `female' /

Basque: *a=ćo

Comments and references : (+Hruso zi, gsi `wife', IST 178, SCE 115). BCD 13.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *c̣(w)VkV

Meaning: brightness, luminary

North Caucasian: *c̣_wɨ̆jVkwŏ

Basque: *sagi / *-ski

Comments and references : Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.