Altaic etymology : Query result

Proto-Altaic: *sĭ́lgù

Meaning: to tremble, quiver, be benumbed

Russian meaning: дрожать, цепенеть

Turkic: *silk-

Mongolian: *silgeɣe-

Tungus-Manchu: *silgü-

Korean: *sir-

Japanese: *súkúm-

Comments: EAS 71, 122, KW 357, SKE 233, 235, Poppe 30, 76. Mong. is hardly borrowed from Turkic, despite Щербак 1997, 144; Tung. is hardly borrowed from Mong., despite Doerfer MT 46. The meaning in Kor. and Jpn. may reflect the influence of another root, PA *saŕi q. v.; in Jpn. there is an additional contamination with *sĭ́k`u 'press' q. v.