Sino-Caucasian etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xḳwǝ̆́ŋhV

Meaning: fog, mist

North Caucasian: *ḳ_wɨ̆mhV ( ~ -ɦ-)

Yenisseian: *qo(ʔ)ŋ (~χ-)

Basque: *kain

Comments and references : HGC 30, NSC 56 *ḳwVmHV, LDC 26.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xḳwV́lʒV ?

Meaning: a k. of armament

North Caucasian: *ḳwVlVʒV / *gwVlVc̣V

Yenisseian: *χɨʔǯ

Basque: *gesi

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xḳwV̆nćV́

Meaning: onion, garlic

North Caucasian: *ḳwɨ̆nćV

Burushaski: *ɣaśú

Comments and references : [Cf. also Bur. Hun. khaṣ, Nag. khac̣, Sh. khac̣ śā 'leek'; Hun., Nag. qhaáṣ `onion-like grass']

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xḳwVńV́

Meaning: handful, hold in hand

Sino-Tibetan: *kjŏŋ(H) (~g-)

Yenisseian: *χäń

Comments and references : HGC 26, WFR 77.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xḳwVŋʡV́

Meaning: bow; handle

North Caucasian: *ḳŭnʡV

Sino-Tibetan: *kʷǝ̆ŋ

Yenisseian: *qäm

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xḳwV́ŋV̄

Meaning: fir-tree branch

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ḳ_wVnV

Sino-Tibetan: *kūŋ

Yenisseian: *qoʔn- (~ χ-,-ɔ-)

Burushaski: *qiŋ

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xmarŋē

Meaning: horse

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *farnē

Sino-Tibetan: *mrāH / *mrāŋ

Basque: *behor̄ (*be-hor̄ ?)

Comments and references : WFR 74, LV B10, BCD 262.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xŋwănV́

Meaning: height; mountain

North Caucasian: *fănV

Sino-Tibetan: *ŋā̆m

Burushaski: *hun

Basque: *oi=han

Comments and references : WFR 55, DCE 20, BCD 31. [For Bur. cf. alternatively *Hăχ_VnV `log, beam'; in that case perhaps bun `mountain' should be compared?]

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xŋwaŋħV

Meaning: fish

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *χ_wanħV ( = *f_anħV?)

Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ(j)ă

Yenisseian: *bo(ʔ)ŋ-

Comments and references : In PY cf. perhaps rather *biń 'a piece of fish'.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xŋwä́HV

Meaning: five

North Caucasian: *f_ɦä̆

Sino-Tibetan: *ŋāH

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xŋwV́ṗV

Meaning: a k. of relative

Sino-Tibetan: *ŋuap

Yenisseian: *b[e]ʔb

Burushaski: *hápkuin

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xqé̆lqĭ

Meaning: wood

North Caucasian: *q_ĕleqĭ

Yenisseian: *xaʔq

Burushaski: *qháqhar

Comments and references : +LDC 23.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xqǝ̆lV̆́

Meaning: house

North Caucasian: *qǝ̆lV̆

Sino-Tibetan: *krā ( ~ g-)

Basque: *o=keɫu

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *(x)qHǟ́ćwa (~ -e) ?

Meaning: skin; cloth(es)

North Caucasian: *q_Hǟćwa (~ -e)

Yenisseian: *χäʔʒ

Basque: *kasa-l

Comments and references : Cf. also *xgwĕrdwV̄, as well as PY *qad- (~ χ-,-ʒ-) 'wool', PNC cf. also *GĕlćwV 'skin' and *ḳǖčwɨ̆ ( ~ -ǝ̆,-ă) 'clothes'; Bur. Hun., Nag. qherc `wertlose äußere Schicht' - a very complicated picture.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xqŏnʡV

Meaning: yard, building

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *qŏnʡV

Sino-Tibetan: *kʷān

Comments and references : WFR 63. Cf. Navajo -ɣàn `home; dwelling; corral (for horses, sheep); (animal's) den, burrow'; hṑ-ɣàn `hogan; native dwelling' ?

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xqŏrʔā́ (~-rɦ-)

Meaning: a k. of cereal

North Caucasian: *qŏrʔā (~-rɦ-)

Sino-Tibetan: *krā (~g-)

Burushaski: *ɣaráṣ

Comments and references : SMCE 133-134; cf. also Tib. greu `peas' (see Bouda Burush.); Bur. gark `pea'.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *(x)qurʡV ( ~ -o-,-ħ-)

Meaning: group ?

North Caucasian: *qurʡV ( ~ -o-,-ħ-)

Sino-Tibetan: *khŭr ( ~ gh-, qh-, Gh-)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[xq]VmV

Meaning: a k. of metal