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Nilgiri etymology :
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Proto-Nilgiri : *usir
Meaning : life
Kota : ucr "life, male genitals (polite word)"
Toda : ǖr, usɨr
Additional forms : Also Toda yūk, üy, in song units: yūk fɨt_ad drawing longing sighs, üy naṛɵad walking with heavy breathing
Number in DED : 645
ktet-meaning,ktet-prnum,ktet-kota,ktet-toda,ktet-addition,ktet-dednum,
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *us-, *us-ir
Meaning : to live; life
Tamil : uy (-v-, -nt-)
Tamil meaning : to live, subsist, have being, be saved, be relieved (from trouble), escape (as from danger)
Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to ensure salvation; uykai salvation, deliverance, escape from hardship; uyti salvation, deliverance, remedy, expiation, ceasing; uyvu escaping from danger, salvation, remedy; uyal living, being, escaping; uyavu means of saving life; uyir (-pp-, -tt-) to revive, regain consciousness, be in vigorous functioning activity, breathe hard, be wafted as fragrance, breathe one's last; give birth to, smell, say, declare, emit; n. life (animal or vegetable), soul, living being, wind, voice; uiyrppu reanimation, revival, breath, wind, air, sighing, sweet fragrance; ucir life
Malayalam : uyir, uśir
Malayalam meaning : life, breath
Malayalam derivates : uyirkka to live, revive, survive; uyirppu life, reanimation; uyirppikka to quicken, raise to life; vīrkkuka to sigh, breathe; vīrppu breath
Kannada : usir, usur, usuru
Kannada meaning : breath, life, taking breath, caesura
Kannada derivates : usalu breath
Kodagu : usɨrɨ
Kodagu meaning : breath
Tulu : usuru, usulu, nusulu
Tulu meaning : breath, life
Number in DED : 0645
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *uS-
Meaning : life; to live
Proto-North Dravidian : *uǯ- dravet-meaning,dravet-prnum,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,dravet-gnd,dravet-ndr,dravet-bra,
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *usur-
Meaning : breath, life
Telugu : usuru
Dialectal forms (1) : usur_u
Additional forms : Also usuranu to sigh, be much vexed; [1] ūrcu, [2] ūrucu to breathe, sigh; [1] ūrpu, [2] ūrupu breath, sigh; ūr_aṭa taking or recovering breath, being refreshed, consolation, comfort, rest; [1] ūr_aḍilu, [2] ūr_aḍillu, [3] ūr_aḍu to be consoled, calmed, appeased; ūr_aḍincu to console, comfort, appease
Number in DED : 645
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-tel_2,telet-addition,telet-dednum,
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Gondwan etymology :
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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *usur
Meaning : life
gndet-meaning,gndet-prnum,gndet-kon,
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Konda etymology :
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Konda : usur
Meaning: life, breath
Number in DED : 645
konet-meaning,konet-prnum,konet-dednum,
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North Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-North-Dravidian : *uǯ-
Meaning : to live; life
Kurukh : ujjnā "to have life, reside, become animated, take life"
Malto : uje "to live; n. life"
Additional forms : Also KUR ujjtaʔānā to keep alive, bring back to consciousness, raise again to life, revive (fire, quarrel); MLT ujni living, alive.
Number in DED : 645
ndret-meaning,ndret-prnum,ndret-kur,ndret-mlt,ndret-addition,ndret-dednum,
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Brahui etymology :
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Brahui : us-t
Meaning : heart, mind, inside, kernel
Number in DED : 645
braet-meaning,braet-prnum,braet-dednum,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *HUcV ( ~ -c`-)
Meaning: to live
Comments: For Kartv. cf. also *sogV (*soXV?)
References: ND 747 *ɣüŝV 'live' (IE, Drav. + Sem.) nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-kart,nostret-drav,nostret-notes,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *(a)wes- <PIH *Hʷ->
Meaning: to dwell, to be
Hittite: hwis- / hwes- (I) 'leben' (Tischler 264ff); husk- (I) 'warten' (Tischler 316 with doubt)
Tokharian: A wṣe, B yṣīye (PT *w'äsi-) 'night' (Adams 521); B wäs- 'dwell, abide' (597)
Old Indian: vásati, ptc. uṣita- `to dwell, live, remain, abide'; vasatí- f., vāsá- m. `staying, remaining'
Avestan: vaŋhaiti `wohnt'
Armenian: goy `ist, existiert, ist vorhanden', goy (i-St.) `seiend, Sein, Gut, Habe'
Old Greek: aéskō, aéskonto, ep. aor. ā́esa nǘkta `zubringen die Nacht'
Celtic: *westi-: OIr feiss `Bleiben, Rasten', *wosto-: foss `Bleiben, Ruhe'; *woseti: foaid `nächtigt, bringt die Nacht zu'
Russ. meaning: жить (wohnen), быть
References: WP I 306 f
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *wísan-/*wizán- vb., *wisti-z, *wazṓn- vb., *wēziá-
Meaning: be, remain
Gothic: wisan st. `be'; *wist-s f. (i) `nature'
Old Norse: vesa (jüng. vera) st. `sein, geschehen', vist f. `Aufenthalt'; vǟr-r `berechtigt zum Aufenthalt' (in heraδ-vǟrr)
Norwegian: vera vb.
Swedish: vara vb.
Danish: väre vb.
Old English: wesan `sein, verweilen, bleiben'
English: was, were
Old Frisian: wesa
Old Saxon: wesan; warōn `dauern'
Middle Dutch: wesen
Dutch: wezen
Old Franconian: wesan
Middle Low German: waren `dauern'
Old High German: wesan (8.Jh.) `sein, verweilen, sich aufhalten, existieren, dauern, geschehen', wist `Wesen, Aufenthalt'
Middle High German: wësen st. 'bleiben, verweilen, sich aufhalten; sein, vorhanden sein, da sein, existieren, dauern, geschehen'; wist st. f. 'aufenthalt, wohnung; welt, menschheit'
German: war, gewesen, Wesen
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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *ćxow-
Russian meaning: жить; животное
English meaning: to live; animal
Georgian: cxov- 'to live'; cxovar-, cxvar-, cxor- 'sheep'
Megrel: čxo-(n) 'to save', čxo-u, čxu 'cow', šxur- 'sheep'
Svan: (?) šxär
Svan meaning (Rus.): бык с пятном на лбу
Svan meaning (Eng.): ox with a spot on his head
Laz: (m)čxu(r)-, mškur-
Laz meaning (Rus.): овца
Laz meaning (Eng.): sheep
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 231, 232, EWK 470.
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