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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *gure-
Meaning: free, spacious
Russian meaning: свободный, просторный
Negidal: gujexī
Ulcha: gure
Orok: gurei
Nanai: guxe (irreg. < *gure-ke ?)
Oroch: gure-ni
tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-neg,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-orc,tunget-reference,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *górà ( ~ -ŕ-)
Meaning: to starve, be empty
Russian meaning: голодать, быть пустым
Comments: Martin 231 (Kor.-Jpn.) altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *guri-
Meaning: hungry, starving
Russian meaning: голодный, умирающий от голода
Written Mongolian: ɣuriɣa, ɣuriɣu
Khalkha: guriad-
Buriat: gurinxa
Kalmuck: ɣuŕǟ, ɣoŕū, ɣoŕǖ
monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *kòrh-
Meaning: to be hungry; to be empty
Russian meaning: быть голодным; быть пустым
Modern Korean: kophɨ-, kol- [kolh-]
Middle Korean: kòr-phằ-, kòrh-
Comments: Nam 51, KED 152, 160. koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *kárà
Meaning: empty
Russian meaning: пустой
Middle Japanese: kara (in comp.)
Tokyo: kará
Kyoto: kàrá
Kagoshima: kárà
Comments: JLTT 438. The accent in Kyoto is irregular, but Tokyo and Kagoshima point more or less certainly to *kárà. Despite Martin (ibid.), the word should be probably distinguished from *kárà 'shell'. japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *gVrV
Meaning: to be hungry, yearn
References: Suggested by V. Glumov.
nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *ghAr[e]dh-, *ghrēdh-
Meaning: to be hungry, to long for
Old Indian: gŕ̥dhyati `to covet, desire', gr̥dhnú- `greedily desirous', gŕ̥dhra- `eager for, desirous of', gardha- m. `desire, greediness'
Albanian: gɛrdɛs 'Mädchenjäger'
Russ. meaning: голодать, стремится
References: WP I 633 (quite different in Pok.)
Comments: Cf. (for OInd) Slav *žьldḗtī, *žьldjǭ; *goldъ.
piet-meaning,piet-ind,piet-balt,piet-germ,piet-alb,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,piet-comment,
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *gard-u- (2), *gard-ē̂- vb. (Lett AC 2 ~ Lith CIRC)
Meaning: flavoured, tasty
Lithuanian: gardù- 'wohlschmeckend, schmackhaft, lecker, würzig', gardḗti 'schmackhaft werden', gar̃dinti 'wohlschmeckend machen', gar̃di-s 'Schmackhaftigkeit'
Lettish: gar̂ds 'wohlschmeckend, schmackhaft; angenehm, süss, behaglich'
baltet-meaning,baltet-prnum,baltet-lith,baltet-lett,
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *grēda-z, -u-z, *grēdēn; *grada-
Meaning: hunger, hungry
Gothic: *grēdu-s m. (u) `hunger', grēdag-s (a) `hungry', *grēdōn wk. `hunger'
Old Norse: grāδr, grāδi m. `Gier, Hunger'; graδ-r `unverschnitten, zeugungsfähig'
Norwegian: grɔde; grad, gra `unverschnitten, brünstig'
Old English: adv. (dat. pl.) grǟdum `gierig'; grǟdig `gierig'
Old High German: { grātag `gierig' }
germet-meaning,germet-prnum,germet-got,germet-onord,germet-norw,germet-oengl,germet-ohg,
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