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Character: 枲
Modern (Beijing) reading: xǐ
Preclassic Old Chinese: slhǝʔ
Classic Old Chinese: sl̥ǝ́
Western Han Chinese: sl̥ǝ́
Eastern Han Chinese: sjǝ́
Early Postclassic Chinese: sjɨ́
Middle Postclassic Chinese: sjɨ́
Late Postclassic Chinese: sjɨ́
Middle Chinese: sjɨ́
English meaning : hemp
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *lǝ̆H
Meaning: hemp, cotton
Lushai: la cotton, cotton yarn.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-lush,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *wVlɣV
Meaning: a k. of grass
Comments and references : BCD 35.
sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-basq,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *u_elɣV
Meaning: burdock; nettle
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular, but the root contains at once two very rare (in nominal roots) phonemes (*u_-, *-ɣ-); therefore, borrowing from some non-Caucasian source is not excluded, although the source is not yet clear.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: ulč:a
Meaning: burdock
Lak form: ulč:a
Comments: Cf. also Khosr. ulč:a, gen. ulk-lul.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *miɣa ( ~ -ʔ-)
Meaning: barberry
Akusha: miʔa
Comments: Cf. also Ak. musi-miʔa 'sorrel', Ur. miʔa 'barberry', Kad. miʔa 'nettle'.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *uelg (/*ueng)
Meaning: 1 nettle 2 burdock
Lezghian: werg 1
Tabasaran: warǯi 1
Tsakhur: meg 2 (Tsakh.)
Archi: urk:i 2
Comment: Cf. also Lezg. erg. werge-di, Khl. werg, wergi, Tab. Düb. warži 'nettle'. 4th class in Arch. It is necessary to reconstruct *-l- because of the liquid's preservation in Archi (*-r- would have disappeared before a velar). The Tsakh. form may belong here if we suppose a PL variant *u_eng (with the shift -l->-n- and further assimilation *ueng > meg). See Лексика 1971, 165.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-cak,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,
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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *beɫha-r̄
Meaning: 1 grass, hay 2 first mowing of hay 3 sorcerer, witch
Bizkaian: berar, bedar 1
Gipuzkoan: belar, berar 1
High Navarrese: belar 1
Low Navarrese: belhar 2
Lapurdian: belhar 2
Zuberoan: bélhar 2, belha-gíle 3
Roncalese: bera-gín 3
Comments: Cf. PEC *u_elɣV 'burdock; nettle'. The sense 'sorcerer, witch' is from 'herb maker, herbalist'.
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : WVLV
Meaning : a k. of grass
globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-scc,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *wVĺV
Meaning: a k. of grass
nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-drav,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *welǝk-,*wl[ā]k- <PIH *w->
Meaning: bast, fibre
Hittite: welku- n. 'Gras' (Friedrich 251)
Tokharian: ? B welki 'a part of a plant?' (Adams 610)
Old Indian: valka- m. n. `bark of a tree; scales of a fish', vrkala-, valkala- n. `a garment made of bark; a partic. intestine'
Old Greek: lákhnǟ m. `krauses, wolliges Haar, Pelzhaar', hom. dat. lákhnōi̯ (von der Wolle des Widders)
Russ. meaning: луб, волокно
References: WP I 296 f
piet-meaning,piet-hitt,piet-tokh,piet-ind,piet-greek,piet-slav,piet-balt,piet-germ,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: волокно́,
Near etymology: укр. волокно́, болг. влакно́, сербохорв. вла́кно, словен. vlákno, чеш., слвц. vlákno, польск. wɫókno, в.-луж. wɫokno, н.-луж. ɫokno; см. Торбьёрнссон 1, 104.
Further etymology: Считается родственным др.-инд. valkám, válkas "лыко", др.-англ. wlóh "волокно, клочок"; см. Бецценбергер, ВВ 12, 241; Цупица, GG 143; Лиден, Arm. Stud. 100; Брандт, РФВ 25, 217. Сюда же относят греч. λάχνος, λάχνη "шерсть, волос" из *vl̥ksnā (см. Сольмсен, Unters. gr. Lautl. 125 и сл.; однако ср. Буазак 562). Далее связывается с во́лос (Лиден, там же). Вместе с тем нежелательно отказываться от сближения с волоку́. Во всяком случае, не заимств. из герм.; ср. д.-в.-н. walchan "бить, валять" (вопреки Хирту, РВВ 23, 337; против см. Кипарский 55).
Pages: 1,342
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *wal̂k-š-ti-, *wal̂k-sn-ā̂, *walk-in-a- adj.
Meaning: chaff
Lithuanian: válkšti-s (dial.) 'Haferähre', válkšna 'ds.', valkinē manna 'Manna, polnische Grütze'
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *wlṓxa-; *wlagá[ɵ]a-z
Meaning: wool, fiber
Old Norse: lagδ-r `Wollflocke'; NIsl lō f. `Tuchflocke'
Norwegian: lagde; lo `Tuchflocke'
Swedish: lo `Tuchflocke'
Old English: wlōh, gen. wlēh f.? `hem, fringe'
Old Saxon: wlōh `Faser, Franse, Flocke'
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *ŭ̀ĺà ( ~ o-, i̯u-)
Meaning: hemp
Russian meaning: конопля
Comments: A good Mong.-Tung.-Jpn. match. Borrowing in Man. from Mong. is hardly possible, despite Rozycki 166. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *olo-sun
Meaning: hemp
Russian meaning: конопля
Written Mongolian: olosun (L 610: olusu(n)) Middle Mongolian: olosun (HY 22) Khalkha: ols
Buriat: ulha(n)
Ordos: ulusu(n)
Shary-Yoghur: losǝn
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ula
Meaning: 1 hemp 2 millet
Russian meaning: 1 конопля 2 просо
Literary Manchu: olo 1
Nanai: ula 2
Comments: ТМС 2, 15, 257. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-man,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *àsà
Meaning: hemp
Russian meaning: конопля
Old Japanese: asa
Middle Japanese: àsà
Tokyo: asá
Kyoto: àsá
Kagoshima: asá
Comments: JLTT 384. The accent in Kyoto is irregular (reflecting *àsá). japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 1178
Proto: *woĺV
English meaning: Labrador tea
German meaning: Porsch; Ledum palustre
Saam (Lapp): ūloD́Ž́-tōŋas (I) 'Ledum palustre', olojn ~ ollojn (T) 'Andromeda; Porsch'
Khanty (Ostyak): wäĺ (V) 'Rute (von einem Laubbaum)' ( > Selk. Ta. wäĺ 'Ast, Zweig, Rute'), wȧt́-juχ (DN), wȧĺ-juχ (O) 'Heidekraut; eine Reiserpflanze, Sumpfporst'
Mansi (Vogul): wōĺ-jiw (KM), waĺ-jüw (P), wāĺ-jiw (So.) 'Ledum palustre'
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *vel-V́k- (?)
Meaning : thin strip of bamboo
Notes : A Pengo-Kui isogloss.
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Gondwan etymology :
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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *velek-
Meaning : strip of bamboo
Proto-Pengo-Manda : *lēk- Notes : Bisyllabic root.
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Pengo-Manda etymology :
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Proto-Pengo-Manda : *lēk-
Meaning : (pl.) strips of bamboo
Pengo : lēkiŋ
Number in DED : 5557
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :
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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *vlēk-
Meaning : a thin strip of bamboo
Kui : vlēka
Number in DED : 5557
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