Sino-Caucasian etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *č̣V̆mħV

Meaning: span

Sino-Tibetan: *[Ćūm]

Comments and references : WFR 100; BCD 17. In CDST the root is confused with *śūm `to take hold of' which is probably a different root.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *č̣wǝ̆ḳwV

Meaning: knife, axe, to drill holes

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *č̣_wɨḳwV

Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́hV̄kʷ

Yenisseian: *čok

Burushaski: *ćak

Comments and references : HGC 32, NSC 53 *č̣wVḳ(w)V, DCE 25. PY points to lax phonation, contradicting NC tenseness (which is itself, however, not quite certain, being based on a somewhat questionable equation of PC *ṭʷiq and PL *č̣uḳa).

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *č̣wɨ̆nhV́̄ ( ~ šṭ-)

Meaning: flea

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *č̣wɨ̆nhV̄

Sino-Tibetan: *ćūH ( ~ ʒ́-)

Basque: *čamo

Comments and references : WFR 69, LV B8.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *č̣wV̆́ɫHV ( ~ šṭ-)

Meaning: mouth, face

North Caucasian: *č̣wV̆lHV (~-č̣_-,-ɫ-)

Sino-Tibetan: *ć(h)ăl ( ~ -ǝ̆-)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *daró

Meaning: tree, stump

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *daro

Sino-Tibetan: *t(r)ŏ

Burushaski: *ṭóro

Comments and references : SCE 106.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *darq̇ʷV́

Meaning: otter; weasel

North Caucasian: *darq̇ʷV

Yenisseian: *täχVr

Basque: *u-dagera

Comments and references : BCD 9.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dāŋʔɨ̄

Meaning: cheek, flat body part

North Caucasian: *dānʔɨ̄ (~-ū)

Sino-Tibetan: *tăŋ(H) (~d-)

Comments and references : WFR 83, LV Cb8. LDC 15 compare rather Tib. mdan `cheek' - but the actual form is ldan, thus hardly comparable.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dHā́qwĀ

Meaning: nape; back

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *dHāq_wĀ

Sino-Tibetan: *tūk

Yenisseian: *tuGV ( ~ -ū-)

Basque: *tak-

Comments and references : LV D7.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dɦwōdwō

Meaning: pipe

North Caucasian: *dɦwōdwō

Burushaski: *ḍóḍo

Basque: *tutu

Comments and references : BCD 9. Cf. also Bur. tuték `wooden flute'?

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dílʎwV

Meaning: dust, cloud

North Caucasian: *dilʎ_wV

Burushaski: *duldúm

Comments and references : DCE 23.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *d=ĭk_wVn

Meaning: right; sufficient

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *=ĭnk_wV (/=ĭk_wVn; ~ ɨ̆)

Sino-Tibetan: *t(h)ī̆kʷ

Basque: *hon

Comments and references : If the comparison is correct, PST *t- must reflect an old class marker; or else the reconstruction should be *dĭk_w(Vn), with a reanalysis of *d- as a class marker in PNC. [On the other hand, in LDC 37-38 the ST form is compared with PAK *daʁʷa `good'].

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dUHV

Meaning: bay, island

Sino-Tibetan: *tu ( ~ d-)

Yenisseian: *tu(ʔ)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dUjV

Meaning: to hang

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *tŏj (~d-,-l)

Yenisseian: *tɔ(ʔ)j

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dulV

Meaning: belly

Sino-Tibetan: *dhj[ŭ]l (~-ɫ)

Yenisseian: *tūĺ

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dV

Meaning: prohibitive particle

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *dV

Sino-Tibetan: *tă ( ~ d-)

Yenisseian: *ʔat / *ta-

Comments and references : HGC 21.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dV

Meaning: demonstrative stem

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *dV

Sino-Tibetan: *tă- (*tǝ̆-)

Yenisseian: *tu-

Burushaski: *te

Comments and references : In NC cf. also *tV. HGC 22, NSC 64 *dV, *tV (also listing PY *dV-).

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dVgV́

Meaning: swamp, pond

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: PL *t:ak:ar 'pond, lake'

Sino-Tibetan: *tōk (~ d-; r-)

Yenisseian: *täk- (~c-,-ǟ-)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dV̄́G(w)V̄

Meaning: cock

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *dV̄G_(w)V

Sino-Tibetan: *dhŏŋ ?

Yenisseian: *tɔ̄q

Comments and references : HGC 28.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dVHV́

Meaning: bottom

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *tǝ̄jH

Yenisseian: *tɨ

Comments and references : [ST forms analyzed somewhat differently in CDST]

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dV́HV

Meaning: to grow, big

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: PWC *dV 'very, much'

Sino-Tibetan: *tajH

Yenisseian: *tɨʔj-

Comments and references : HGC 18.