Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *pHVmpV́

Meaning: part of leg

North Caucasian: PL *pɨImp 'knee'

Sino-Tibetan: *[b]ŏp

Yenisseian: *päp-

Comments and references : HGC 24.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian:

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Proto-Lezghian: *ṗɨImṗ / *pɨImp

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ṗɨImṗ / *pɨImp

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 angle, corner 2 knee

Lezghian: ṗiṗ 1

Tabasaran: ṗiṗ 1

Kryz: pip 2

Budukh: pep 2

Archi: poImp 2

Comment: The original form probably contained both glottalized consonants, which were secondarily deglottalized in Kryz., Bud. and Arch. The word belongs to the 3d class in all class-distinguishing languages.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[b]ŏp

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: leg, calf of the leg

Kachin: lǝbop² calf of the leg.

Lushai: bop leg, hind leg of an animal.

Comments: Cf. Dumi phip-sul 'thigh'.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *päp-

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: thigh, hip

Ket: hāp (pl. hā:ŋ) (Werner 1, 310, 311 gives also a variant haʔp)

Yug: fap (pl. fā:hp / fafɨŋ⁵)

Kottish: fēpar, phēpar

Comments: ССЕ 247. See КС 199. Werner 1, 310, 311 <*p^haʔp, *p^hap^h>.

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