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Eurasiatic: *ḳwVncwV
Meaning: scrape, scraper
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *gh(w)azdh- (+361 + *gvozdь)
Altaic: *k`i̯ùčù
Uralic: *kinče (*künče) (~ ? *kiče (*küče))
Kartvelian: *ḳwenćx- 621
Dravidian: *kaǯ-
References: ND 907 *küńč̣E ~ -č- '(finger)nail, claw' (w/o Kartv. and Drav. + very questionnable SH); partially - 1003 *ḳa[ĉ]U 'to scratch, scrape off scales'. A terrible confusion of *ḳwVncV, *ḳVšV, *ḳVǯV and *ḳVcV... Also cf. ND 1090 *ḳUn̄č̣V 'to scratch, wound' (quite dub. IE + Arab. knδ̣- 'grieve' - but also Georg. ḳeč̣n- 'streifen, ritzen' and Ur. *končV ~ *kočV 'Striche ziehen, zeichnen' (348)). Cf. Austric: PAN *kuSkus 'scrape', PAA *kɔ:c 'sharpen, scratch'.
nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-kart,nostret-drav,nostret-reference,

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