Sino-Caucasian etymology : Query result

Comments and references : WFR 34. PY -ʔ- seems to contradict lax type in PNC; however, we should note that initial *g_- is lacking in PNC, and the word may well have belonged to the tense type (*g_ălV > *gălV).

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[g]alƛ̣wV

Meaning: chin; beard

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ḳalŁ_wV̄ (~-ƛ̣_w-)

Yenisseian: *kuĺe(P)

Comments and references : Lack of *-ʔ- in PY appears to contradict tenseness in PNC.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *gašē

Meaning: hunger

North Caucasian: *gašē (/*šēga)

Basque: *gośe

Comments and references : BCD 25.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *gāŋwV̄

Meaning: path

Sino-Tibetan: *kēŋ

Yenisseian: *kāŋ- (~g-)

Burushaski: *gan

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Gĕ(GV)bV́

Meaning: a k. of bird

North Caucasian: *GĕGVbV

Yenisseian: *χupi

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *gemʔɨ̄

Meaning: yard, place for gathering

North Caucasian: *gimʔɨ̄ ( ~ -ū)

Sino-Tibetan: *K(j)am ( ~ Q-)

Comments and references : WFR 96.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *GǝčV

Meaning: domestic animal (bovine, swine)

North Caucasian: *GačV (~ -ǝ-)

Basque: *a=kec

Comments and references : For semantics of Bsq 'boar' ~ PEC 'calf' cf. Gk κάπρος ‘wild boar’ ~ Lat. caper ‘goat’; Lat. verrēs ‘boar’ ~ Lett. vērsis ‘ox’, etc. Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *gǝ̄bǝ̄ ~ *bǝ̄gwǝ̄

Meaning: 'side, back; liver'

North Caucasian: *gǝ̄bǝ̄ ~ *bǝ̄gwǝ̄

Basque: *gibe-l ~ *bige-l

Comments and references : Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *GHǝ́̆lGī (~ -ē)

Meaning: dirt, dung

North Caucasian: *GHɨ̆lG_i (~ -e)

Sino-Tibetan: *qjāk / *qjāŋ

Yenisseian: *qoʔq (~χ)

Comments and references : Somewhat different in HGC 30, LV B24. Cf. PAA (NMK) *ʔiɛk / *ʔiɛŋ 'excrement'.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *GHɨ̆́rƛ̣wV ( ~ xG-)