Dravidian etymology : List with all references

Proto-South Dravidian : *mur-uŋ-

Meaning : horse-radish

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : muruŋkai

Tamil meaning : Moringa pterygosperma, Indian horse-radish tree

Malayalam : muriŋŋa

Malayalam meaning : Hyperanthera moringa, Indian horse-radish

Kannada : nugge, nuggi

Kannada meaning : Moringa pterygosperma

Tulu : nurige, nurge

Tulu meaning : Moringa pterygosperma

Notes : Initial n- in several forms due to assimilation: *mur-uŋ- > *mur-ŋ- > *nurŋ- > *nurg-.

Number in DED : 4982

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *munag-

Meaning : Moringa pterygosperma

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : munaga

Number in DED : 4982

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *mulŋ-

Meaning : horse-radish

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Parji : muŋga, (S) mulŋga "Moringa pterygosperma"

Number in DED : 4982

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *mulŋ-

Meaning : a k. of shrub

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *murŋ-

Konda : muŋna maram

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *murŋ-

Meaning : a k. of tree

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Muria Gondi : muruŋga "a kind of tree"

Adilabad Gondi : mulgē, mungē "(Su.) Indian horse-radish tree"

Number in DED : 4982

Number in CVOTGD : 2903

Konda etymology :

Konda : muŋna maram

Meaning: drumstick tree

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Konda (Burrow/Bhattacharya) : muluŋa mara

Number in DED : 4982

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *mVrḳV ?

Meaning: edible root

Indo-European: *mork-

Kartvelian: Georg. murḳ- 'stump of cabbage'

Dravidian: *mulŋ- (?*murŋ-)

Comments: Cf. *mVrgV (and two roots in SC).

References: ND 1478 *m[u]rḳV(-ŋḳV) 'root, root-crops, edible roots'.

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *mork-

Meaning: edible herbs, tubers

Old Greek: pl. brákana `wild herbs' Pherecr., Luc., Hsch.

Slavic: *mъ́rkɨ̄, gen. -ъve

Germanic: *múrx-ō(n-), *múrx-iō(n-) f.

Russ. meaning: растение (съедобный клубень)

References: WP II 313

Comments: Cf. PEC...

Vasmer's dictionary :

Word: морко́вь,

Near etymology: род. п. -ви, ж., диал. мо́рква́, укр. морко́в, мо́рква, блр. мо́рква, болг. мо́рков (Младенов 304), сербохорв. мр̏ква, словен. mŕkǝv. чеш. mrkev, слвц. mrkva, польск. marchew, в.-луж. morchej, н.-луж. marchwej.

Further etymology: Праслав. *mъrky, род. п. mъrkъve родственно д.-в.-н. mor(a)ha "морковь", ср.-нж.-нем. mоrе, греч. βράκανα ̇ τὰ ἄγρια λάχανα (Гесихий); см. Младенов, там же; Цупица 135; Шпехт 72; Торп 570; Буазак 131. Заимствованы из герм., самое большее, формы на -х- (см. Кипарский 76), но нельзя доказать заимствование слав. *mъrky, вопреки Коршу (Сб. Дринову 59), Кнутссону (GL 31 и сл., 36); ср. Стендер-Петерсен (ZfslPh 7, 252), который справедливо возражает против объяснения из нж.-нем.

Trubachev's comments: [Подробно о слав. *mъrky из и.-е. *mr̥k-/*br̥k-, откуда и лит. burkūnas "морковь", см. Иллич-Свитыч, "Этимол. иссл-ия по русск. языку", I, М., 1960, стр. 16 и сл. -- Т.]

Pages: 2,655-656

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *múrxō(n), *múrxiō(n)

Meaning: carrot

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old English: more, moru, -an f. `carrot, parsnip'

English: dial. more `Wurzel'

Old Saxon: moraha

Middle Dutch: more

Middle Low German: mȫre

Old High German: mor(a)ha `Daucus' (10.Jh.)

Middle High German: morhe, morche, more wk. f., morch st. f. 'möhre, morrübe und morchel'; morhel, morchel st. f. 'Morchel'

German: Möhre f.; Morchel

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 1335

Root: mrk-

English meaning: edible root, carrot

German meaning: `eßbare Wurzel, Mohrrübe, Möhre'?

Material: Gr. βράκανα `wildes Gemüse' Hes.; ahd. mor(a)ha `Daucus carota', nhd. Mohr-rübe, Möhre, ags. more, moru ds., spätahd. Demin. morhila `Morchel' (möhrenähnlicher Pilz); dagegen scheint russ. morkóvь, morkva `Möhre', serb. mrkva aus dem Germ. entlehnt zu sein.

References: WP. II 313.

Pages: 750

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