South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *ǯig-

Meaning : thick, sticky

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cikkan_avu

Tamil meaning : hardness, firmness

Kannada : jigaṭu, jigaṭe, jibaṭu

Kannada meaning : stickiness, gumminess, gum, birdlime

Kannada derivates : jigi, jibi thickness, viscidity, glutinousness, gum; cigil, jigil to be sticky, gummy, viscid, glutinous, adhesive, adhere, stick fast; jibbu stickiness, sap that issues from the stalk of the mango after it is cut from the tree; cikaṇi hard, substantial, thick, rich, fat

Number in DED : 2488

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *ǯig-

Meaning : thick, sticky, viscid, gum

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *ǯig-

Proto-Telugu : *ǯig-

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *ǯig-

Meaning : gum, paste, slime, birdlime, stickiness, gumminess, viscosity

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : jigaṭa

Additional forms : Also jigi viscidity, glutiousness; jiguru gum, birdlime; [1] cikkã-baḍu, [2] cikka-vaḍu to become thick or inspissated; cikkana thickness as of a liquid, density, closeness of texture, etc.; adj. cikkani

Number in DED : 2488

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *[s]iKV

Meaning: thick, congeal

Uralic: *śikV (but cf. PA *sĭ̀gó 'thick growth'?)

Dravidian: *ǯig-

Comments: Consonants unclear, perhaps because of root confusion.

References: ND 478 *ĉ̣iḲV 'tight, narrow, dense' (partially also 2192 *ŝiḲU 'to get cold, cool' - same Ural. in both cases; Alt. *ši̯ogo 'cold' and SSem. *šḳḳ- hardly belong here). ND 478 compares SH *ṣ̂Vḳ- 'narrow, tight'; but if the original meaning was 'thick, congeal' cf. NC *č̣Hɨ̆xq̇wẮ 'resin'?). Cf. *sVḳV.

Uralic etymology :

Number: 1610

Proto: *śikV

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: dense, fast

German meaning: dicht, fest

Finnish: sikeä 'tief, fest'

Mordovian: śejed́e, śäjid́ä (E), śid́ä (M) 'dicht, häufig'

Udmurt (Votyak): (śik 'dichter Wald; Gebüsch' - rejected by Redei)

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