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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *elgü-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to hang on (smth.)
Russian meaning: вешать (на что-л.)
Written Mongolian: elgü- (L 309)
Middle Mongolian: elgu- (SH), ulku- (MA 276)
Khalkha: ölgö-
Buriat: ülge-
Kalmuck: ölgǝ-
Ordos: ülgü-
Dagur: elgu- (Тод. Даг. 139), el(e)wē- (MD 143)
Shary-Yoghur: olGo-, uɣu-
Comments: KW 294, MGCD 543. Mong. > Evk. elgu etc. (hardly vice versa; see Doerfer MT 89).
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *i̯ṓle
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: to hang on (smth.), hang on hook
Russian meaning: вешать (на что-л.), висеть на крюке
Turkic: *īl-
Mongolian: *elgü-
Tungus-Manchu: *ol-
Korean: *ori
Comments: SKE 178, EAS 106, Poppe 76 (Turk.-Mong.; assumption of Mong. being borrowed from Turk., see Щербак 1997, 120, is improbable). Turk. has a somewhat unexpected narrowing: *īl- instead of *ẹ̄l-; however, the etymology still seems probable (despite Doerfer's categorical refusal: "lautgesetzlich unmöglich"; see TMN 2, 214).
altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-reference,

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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *īl-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to hang on (smth.) 2 hook
Russian meaning: 1 вешать (на что-л.) 2 крючок
Old Turkic: il- (OUygh.) 1, ilin- (refl.) (OUygh.) 1
Karakhanid: il- (MK) 1, ɨlɨn- (refl.) (MK) 1
Turkish: dial. il- 1, ilmek 2
Tatar: el- 1
Middle Turkic: ɨl- (Abush., Sangl.), ɨlɨn- (refl.) (Pav. C.) 1
Uzbek: il- 1, ilmɔq 2
Uighur: il- 1, ilmaq 2, 'loop'
Azerbaidzhan: ilmäk 2
Turkmen: īl- 1
Khakassian: ǝl-
Oyrat: il- 1, ilmek 2
Chuvash: jъlъ, jъlmak 'loop'
Yakut: īl- 1
Tuva: il- 1
Tofalar: il- 1
Kirghiz: il- 1, ilmek 2
Kazakh: il- 1
Noghai: il- 1
Bashkir: el- 1
Balkar: ilin- (refl.) 1
Karakalpak: il- 1, ilmek 2
Kumyk: il- 1
Comments: VEWT 170, ЭСТЯ 1, 343-346, Егоров 73-74.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ol-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 hook (for hanging kettle) 2 to hang over fire
Russian meaning: 1 крюк (для подвешивания чайника) 2 подвешивать над огнем
Evenki: oldon 1, ollon- 2
Even: olrāwụn 1, olrān- 2
Negidal: olōn 1
Ulcha: ōrpụn 1
Orok: olǯịɣa 1
Nanai: olpị 1
Oroch: ogǯiɣa 1
Udighe: olohu 1
Comments: ТМС 2, 14-15. TM forms like elgu- should be regarded as mongolisms. Evk. > Dolg. oldōn, oldon (see Stachowski 191).
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *ori
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: a fishing hook with several barbs
Russian meaning: рыболовный крючок с зазубринами
Modern Korean: ori
Comments: SKE 178. The noun is found only is absent from major MKor. and modern Korean dictionaries and thus somewhat dubious.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ɣUlV
Meaning: to curve, twist
Altaic: *i̯ṓle
Uralic: *ulke 'pole (for hanging)' ?
Kartvelian: *ɣul-
Dravidian: *iḷ-uk-
Comments: [For SDR *cuḷ-uk- cf. rather PA *č`i̯olu 314]
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1104
Proto: *ulke
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: pole, post
German meaning: Stange
Finnish: ulku (dial.) 'eine Stange gebraucht bei einer Lachsfangart, Fallenstange'
Saam (Lapp): hǫl'gâ -lg- (N) 'horizontally placed bar or pole (for hanging or as a support)', hål'kå (L) 'Stange ohne Ast od. Gabelung; Trockengestell', olk (T) 'horizontale Stange zum Aufhängen der Kleider od. Netze', olk-sujn (Kld.) 'Rohr'
Mordovian: olga (M) 'Stange'
Komi (Zyrian): ī̮ (I) 'стойка в чуме'
Khanty (Ostyak): ŏχǝt (Ni.) 'die Dachsparren', ŏχǝл (Kaz.) 'Stange'
Mansi (Vogul): āwla (So.) 'Sparren, wo Fische getrocknet werden'
Janhunen's version: (53) *uli6, FU *ulki
Sammalahti's version: *uli6, FU *ulki
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Kartvelian etymology :

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