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Eskimo etymology :

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Proto-Eskimo: *ńǝɣci- ~ *lǝɣci-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: hook, gaff
Russian meaning: крюк, багор
Proto-Yupik: *ńǝɣci- ~ *lǝɣci-
Proto-Inupik: *nǝkci-
Comments: This stem can be confused with *ńakji- 'hook, crooked'.
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 224
esqet-prnum,esqet-meaning,esqet-rmean,esqet-yup,esqet-inup,esqet-newcom,esqet-refer,

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Yupik etymology :

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Proto-Yupik: *ńǝɣci- ~ *lǝɣci-
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: hook 1, fish-hook 2, gaff 3
Russian Meaning: крюк 1, рыболовный крючок 2, багор 3
Sirenik: //jixsǝχ 1, 3, jixsiʁ- 'to hook on to' [Em.]
Chaplino: //nǝkšǝk 1, 2
Naukan: nǝ́xsiq 3, //2 [Av.]
Central Alaskan Yupik: nǝxcik 3
Chevak (Peripheral): lǝxcix 3
Nunivak (Peripheral): nixsix* 2, lǝxcix 3
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 209, 224
yupet-prnum,yupet-mean,yupet-rmean,yupet-sir,yupet-chap,yupet-nauk,yupet-cay,yupet-chev,yupet-nun,yupet-ced,

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Inupik etymology :

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Proto-Inupik: *nǝ̣kcị-
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: hook 1, fish-hook 2, gaff 3
Russian meaning: крюк 1, рыболовный крючок 2, багор 3
Seward Peninsula Inupik: niksik 3
SPI Dialects: Imaq nɨ́ksiûraq 2, W niɣsik* (īk, īt) 2
North Alaskan Inupik: niksik 2, 3
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl niksik* 2
Western Canadian Inupik: niksik 2
WCI Dialects: Cor niɣx́ik* 2, M niɣsik* 2
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nitsik 1
Greenlandic Inupik: nissik 1, nigsik* 2 [Jen.]
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 224
inupet-prnum,inupet-meaning,inupet-rmean,inupet-spi,inupet-spis,inupet-nai,inupet-nais,inupet-wci,inupet-wcis,inupet-eci,inupet-gri,inupet-ced,

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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *NEgV
Meaning: to stick in, pierce
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *neig'h- (Mayr. 2, 158) (also *neǵh-) (Slav., Celt., Skr.)
Uralic: *nikkä 'stecken, stossen' (FU, UEW 304)
Eskimo-Aleut: *Naɣǝtǝ- (cf. also *ńǝɣci- 'hook, gaff')
References: ОСНЯ 2, 96-97; ND 1535 *nig(V)XE 'butt, push' (+ Sem.), 1536 *n̄igEsV 'to butt, pierce' (same IE + dub. Drav. + Sem.).
nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-ura,nostret-esk,nostret-reference,

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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 603
Proto: *nikkä
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: to stick in, push
German meaning: stecken, stossen
Saam (Lapp): nâkketi- (N) 'stick, put', na̯gk͕̀ede- (T), nȧ̮Ğ͕k͕χ͕e- (Kld.), nȧ̮k͕̄k͕'(E)te- (Ko. Not.) 'hineinstecken, -schieben'
Khanty (Ostyak): nĕk- (Trj.) 'leicht stoßen', nĕkǝmt- (VK) 'stoßen, anstoßen', năkǝmǝjǝл- (Kaz.) 'anstoßen'
Mansi (Vogul): nǟki- (KM) 'толкать'
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-saa,uralet-khn,uralet-man,

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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : NVKV
Meaning : to stick in, pierce
Eurasiatic : *NEgV
Afroasiatic : *ng- (Sem., Berb., Rössler ZAss 50, 135) [cf. Or.-St. *nig- 1866, *nigal- 1867, *nVgil- 1896, *nVguf- 1898)
Reference : МССНЯ 96, 97.
globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-reference,

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