Sino-Caucasian etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hā́rŁāṗV

Meaning: a k. of food

North Caucasian: *HārŁ_āṗV

Sino-Tibetan: *rVp (p-) ?

Burushaski: *ltópo, *tultópo

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hä̆́lc̣wV

Meaning: stake, peg

North Caucasian: *jä̆lc̣_wV

Basque: *ulce

Comments and references : Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hä́[xk]VlV

Meaning: lame

North Caucasian: *Hläk_V̄ (/*Hälk_V̄)

Sino-Tibetan: *Gh(j)ɨăl

Burushaski: *laɣáṣ

Comments and references : In NC cf. also (a variant?) *=alḳV id.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *HǟnV́

Meaning: a female relative (daughter-in-law, elder sister)

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: (*nǟnV)

Sino-Tibetan: *na

Yenisseian: *ʔ[ē]ńi

Burushaski: *nVnV

Comments and references : Cf. *ʔānV(jV)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *hćVrŋV́

Meaning: a k. of stone

North Caucasian: *hćărnū

Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́iŋ

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hć̣V́rē

Meaning: wild, bad

North Caucasian: *Hć̣_Vrē / *HrVć̣_ē

Basque: *čar̄

Comments and references : The comparison of Bsq *čar̄ 'bad, evil, weak', etc. is especially with Proto-Lezgian *č̣urɨ- 'wild' > Agul (Burshag) č̣ire-r 'bad, dirty', Kryz č̣ir 'wild', Rutul č̣irɨ-dɨ 'lame', etc. Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *h[ć̣]wālō^L

Meaning: to speak, sound

North Caucasian: *hć̣wālō ( ~ -ǝ̄-, -ǝ̄)

Sino-Tibetan: *ć(h)er ( / -l)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hc̣wḗjŋǝ̆

Meaning: limb, bone

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *Hc̣_wējmǝ̆ (~ -n-, -ŏ)

Sino-Tibetan: *[ʒ́]eŋ

Burushaski: *-śáŋ

Basque: *śoin

Comments and references : MCGD 5.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *H[ć̣]wɨ̄lV̄́

Meaning: bull, heifer

North Caucasian: *Hć̣wɨ̄lV̄ / *Hlɨ̄ć̣wV̄

Burushaski: *chul-

Basque: *čahal

Comments and references : DCE 17; BCD 17.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hč̣ōlV̄

Meaning: black

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *Hč̣ōlV̄ black

Basque: *i=cal

Comments and references : Cf. also Bsq *b=elc 'black' (9)?

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hé̆mxGĂ

Meaning: to bite

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *HĕmG_Ă

Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ejH

Burushaski: *káu- / *qáu-

Basque: *hagin

Comments and references : HGC 18, NSC 55 *xGVjV.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hé̆mχwV ( ~ -xk-)

Meaning: to grind, flour

North Caucasian: *Hĕmχ_wV

Yenisseian: *ʔu(ʔ)K- (~x-)

Burushaski: *d-aɣó-

Basque: *eiho

Comments and references : BCD 36. In Bur. cf. perhaps also *-hor- `to grind' (?)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hĕrc̣Ŭ́

Meaning: warm, to heat

North Caucasian: *=ĕrc̣Ŭ

Sino-Tibetan: *cu (~-o)

Yenisseian: *xus-

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hĕ́rƛ̣wV

Meaning: to bind, girdle

North Caucasian: *jĕrƛ̣_wV

Sino-Tibetan: *rāk

Comments and references : Somewhat different in HGC 33, NSC 56.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *HĕrsṭV́

Meaning: to get up

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *Hĕrc̣V-

Yenisseian: *ta(ʔ)(s)-

Burushaski: *ca-

Basque: *e=aśV

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *HēnqwV́

Meaning: meadow

North Caucasian: *HēnqwV

Yenisseian: *ʔoGV (~x-,-ō-)

Basque: *angio

Comments and references : BCD 27.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *hē-nV

Meaning: interrogative stem (mostly adverbial: where, when, how)

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *hī-nV

Sino-Tibetan: *niāŋ (/-āiŋ)

Yenisseian: *ʔan-

Burushaski: *án-

Basque: *no-

Comments and references : HGC 36, DCE 34. NC data suggest that the form *hē-nV is an oblique stem of the original interrogative *hē-. However, the latter is attested independently only in NC, and may be in fact a reanalysis of the originally infrangible form *hēnV.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hǝ̆́GwĔn- ( ~ -ń-)

Meaning: to close; to hinder

North Caucasian: *Hǝ̆G_wĔ(n)

Sino-Tibetan: *K(r)ɨ̆mH

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Hǝ̄́rčwVŋ-

Meaning: to be cloudy, rain

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *Hǝ̄rč_wVn

Sino-Tibetan: *[ʒ́ā]ŋ

Basque: *ɦorci / *ɦośti

Comments and references : WFR 135.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *HgVńV

Meaning: leg, shin

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *HnĕgV̄

Sino-Tibetan: *g(h)ŏŋ (?)

Yenisseian: *kīn- (~ *kiʔn-)

Comments and references : NSC 55.