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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *t`i̯op`è
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: to search
Russian meaning: искать
Turkic: *tăp-
Mongolian: *taɣa-
Korean: *toph-
Japanese: *tǝp-
Comments: Владимирцов 208, Poppe 13, 47, PKE 222, KW 386. Mong. cannot be < Turk., despite TMN 2, 429, Щербак 1997, 153 (although the vowel correspondence is not quite satisfactory: one would expect -e- in Mong.).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *tăp-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to find
Russian meaning: находить, встречать
Old Turkic: tap- (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: tap- (MK)
Turkish: tap-, dap- (dial.)
Tatar: tap-
Middle Turkic: tap- (Sangl.)
Uzbek: tɔp-
Uighur: tap-
Sary-Yughur: tap-
Azerbaidzhan: tap-
Turkmen: tap-
Khakassian: tap-
Shor: tap-
Oyrat: tap-
Chuvash: top-
Yakut: tap- 'to hit the target'
Dolgan: taptar- 'sich fangen lassen'
Tuva: tɨp-
Tofalar: tɨ'p-
Kirghiz: tap-
Kazakh: tap-
Noghai: tap-
Bashkir: tap-
Balkar: tap-
Karaim: tap-
Karakalpak: tap-
Salar: ta'p- (ССЯ)
Kumyk: tap-
Comments: VEWT 462, EDT 435, Федотов 2, 248, Stachowski 217.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *taɣa-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to guess
Russian meaning: угадывать
Written Mongolian: taɣa- (L 763)
Middle Mongolian: ta'a 'jealousy, doubt' (HY 37)
Khalkha: tā-
Buriat: tā-
Kalmuck: tā- (КРС)
Ordos: tā-
Dongxian: ta-
Baoan: tā-
Dagur: tauli, tauĺ (Тод. Даг. 166) 'riddle' ( = WMong. taɣaburi)
Shary-Yoghur: tā-
Monguor: tā- (SM 404)
Comments: MGCD 619. Mong. taɣa- > Yak., Dolg. tāj-; taɣaburi > Yak. tābɨrɨn, Dolg. tābɨrɨ̄n (Kaɫ. MEJ 56, Stachowski 218-219) > Evn. tābɨrɨn (ТМС 2, 149).
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *toph-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to search for, to seek everywhere
Russian meaning: искать всюду, обыскивать
Modern Korean: thoph-
Comments: KED 1715.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *tǝp-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to woo
Russian meaning: ухаживать, свататься
Old Japanese: top-
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ṭVṗV
Meaning: fit, find
Indo-European: *top-
Altaic: *t`i̯op`è (cf. also *t`i̯op`u 'limit, completely')
Uralic: *teppV 'dense, fitting' (?); *tap(p)V 'find, fitting' (Wichmann FUF 15, 51); cf. also *tuppa 'stuff, fill'
Dravidian: ??? Tam.-Mal. *tavaṇ-ai 'fixed time' (2595) [rather: *tāp- 'proper time' 2639]
References: МССНЯ 356; ND 2393 *ṭa[ṗ]V 'to hit (the target), succeed, find' (+ Sem.). Cf. PAN *antap 'guess, suspect'.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *tAp-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: to occur, to fall into
Old Greek: tópo-s m. `Ort, Stelle, Gegend, Distrikt, Raum, Thema einer Rede usw.'
Baltic: *tap- vb. intr.
Germanic: *ɵa[f]-ja- vb.
Russ. meaning: оказываться, попадать
References: WP I 743 f
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *tap- vb. intr.
Meaning: become, occur
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: tàpti (tam̃pa/dial. tapsta, tãpō/dial. tãpē) `werden, entstehen'
Lettish: tapt (tùopu, tapu) `gelangen; werden, geschehen'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *ɵa[f]jan-
Meaning: agree
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old English: ɵafian `zustimmen, gewähren, gestatten; dulden'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 2022
Root: top-
English meaning: to stay; place
German meaning: `wohin gelangen, auf etwas treffen oder verfallen; Ort, wo man hingelangt oder hin will'
Material: Gr. τόπος m. `Ort, Stelle, Platz', τοπάζω `ziele hin, vermute, errate', τοπει̃ον n. `Tau, Seil'; ags. ðafian `zustimmen, gewähren, gestatten; dulden';

    lit. tàpti (tampù) `werden', pri-tàpti `antreffen, kennen lernen, erfahren', lett. tapt (tùopu) `werden, geschehen, gelangen', tapīgs `ein fähiger Kopf', tapinât `(zukommen lassen) borgen, leihen', pa-tapt `hingelangen, wozu kommen können, Muße haben', sa-tapt `begegnen, auf jemandentreffen';

    falls Pedersen die gr. Wörter richtig mit mir. toich `naturgemäß' (anders unter tek-2) und cymr. tebyg (*tokʷiko-) `wahrscheinlich', annhebyg `unwahrscheinlich' zusammenstellt (vgl. gr. τοπικός `den Ort betreffend', ἄ-τοπος `wunderlich, auffallend'), wäre für diese eine Wurzeltekʷ- : tokʷ- anzusetzen und die germ. und balt. Wörter davon zu trennen.

References: WP. I 743, Pedersen Kelt. Gr. I 129; anders über die balt. Wörter Stang NTS 16, 259 f. (zu tep- `schmieren', Trautmann 139, Vasmer 3, 95, 120).
Pages: 1088
PIE database: PIE database
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1062
Proto: *teppV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: dense
German meaning: dicht
Udmurt (Votyak): tupi̮t (S) 'passend, gebührend, gehörig, angemessen', tupal- (S G) 'passen, angemessen sein; sich verbessern'
Komi (Zyrian): top (Ud. P) 'dicht, fest, eng; richtig, pünktlich, genau', topi̮d (S), topi̮t (P) 'eng, dicht, fest; stark, kräftig', topal- (S), topav- (P), topal- (SO) 'dicht, fest werden, eng werden, dicht angedrückt werden'
Hungarian: több 'mehr', többi 'andere, übrige'
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