Baltic etymology :

Proto-Baltic: *wē̂t-ī̂- vb. (1)

Meaning: winnow

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lithuanian: vḗtīti 'worfeln, etwas schwingen'

Lettish: vẽtît (-u/-ĩju, -ĩju) 'windigen, das Korn im Winde reinigen'

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *wē- (Gr hw-)

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to thresh and winnow

Old Greek: hái̯nō `die Körner von den Streu reinigen', *an-wē-: ānéō `= ptíssō' Ar.+ (ā- in ē-dialects)

Slavic: *vḗjātī, *vḗjǭ (зерно)

Baltic: *wē̂t-ī̂- vb. (1)

Germanic: *wi-nɵ-a- vb., *wi-nd-ō- vb.

Latin: vannus, -ī f. 'веялка', vannō, -ere 'очищать веялкой, веять, провеивать'

Russ. meaning: веять (зерно)

References: Fraenkel

Comments: Probably different from *(a)wē- 'to blow', because Greek and Grm meanings make us to reconstruct not 'to winnow' merely, but 'to thresh and winnow', i.e. the whole of the cycle.

Vasmer's dictionary :

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *winɵan- vb., *windōn- vb.

IE etymology: IE etymology

Gothic: diswinɵan 'zermalmen, auseinanderworfeln', winɵis-kɔrō 'Worfelschaufel'

Old High German: wintōn 'worfeln'

Middle High German: winden wk. 'worfeln'

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *Hewa

Meaning: to blow, winnow

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *Hăwē-

Altaic: *eba

Dravidian: *āv- (better with Alt. *ábá 2)

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *ĕbà

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: to winnow, fan

Russian meaning: веять, провеивать

Turkic: *ebis-

Tungus-Manchu: *ebiri-

Japanese: *apu-

Comments: The root is not widely represented, but seems quite reliable. A derivative *ĕbà-rV is reflected in Nan. ebiri- = OJ apu-t-, apu-r-. Cf. *ap`i.

Turkic etymology :

Proto-Turkic: *ebi-s-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to winnow, blow

Russian meaning: веять

Karakhanid: evüs- (MK)

Turkish: evis-

Azerbaidzhan: äs-

Turkmen: övüs-, ös-

Halaj: häp(i)s-, häs-

Chuvash: avъs-

Comments: EDT 15, VEWT 49, ЭСТЯ 1, 553-554. The form es-, attested already in MK (see EDT 240, ЭСТЯ ibid.) is possibly a contraction of *ebs-.

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ebiri-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to shuffle, hoard

Russian meaning: сгребать, смахивать

Even: ewerge 'two-paddled oar'

Nanai: ebiri-

Comments: ТМС 2, 433, 436.

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *apu-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to blow, fan

Russian meaning: раздувать, обвевать

Middle Japanese: afu-r-, afu-t-

Tokyo: aór-

Kyoto: áór-

Kagoshima: aór-

Comments: JLTT 676. Accent not quite clear: Kyoto and Tokyo point to *àpùr-, but Kagoshima - to *ápúr-.

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *āv-

Meaning : 1 to breathe 2 steam

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *āv-i

Proto-Telugu : *āv-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *āv-

Notes : Cf. *āv- 'to yawn'.

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *āv-i

Meaning : to sigh; steam

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : āvi (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to sigh, let out (as smoke); n. breath, sigh, soul, steam, vapour, smoke

Malayalam : āvi, āvati

Malayalam meaning : breath, life, vapour, steam

Malayalam derivates : āvi iṭ- to sigh

Kannada : āvi, āvari, āviri

Kannada meaning : steam, vapour, heat

Proto-Nilgiri : *āvĭ

Number in DED : 0393

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *āvĭ

Meaning : soul; breath

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : āyv "soul, steam, vapour"

Toda : ofy "breath"

Additional forms : Also Toda ōfoj, ōfy vapour, morning mist, visible breath

Notes : Toda ōfy is primary here; ofy maybe due to contamination with ofy- 'to calm down'?

Number in DED : 393

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *āv-

Meaning : steam, vapour, heat

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : āvi

Additional forms : Also āviri vapour, exhalation, heat of the breath; āvincu to cook by steam or vapour; āvirillu to sweat, steam, evaporate

Number in DED : 393

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *āv-

Meaning : steam

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Parji : ākub "steam, vapor"

Salur Gadba : ākum

Kondekor Gadba : āvir

Additional forms : Parji and Salur forms go back to *āv-kum (second component unclear), while the Kondekor form is comparable with Telugu āviri.

Number in DED : 393

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : HVWV

Meaning : to blow, winnow

Eurasiatic : *Hewa

Afroasiatic : *haway-

African (misc.) : Cf. Ijo ɛwU 'air'; (??) Bantu *-pèèpè 'wind'.

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *haway-

Meaning: blow; wind

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *hVwVy- 'blow'

Central Chadic: *Haway- 'wind'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1069

Proto-Semitic: *hVwVy-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'blow'

Arabic: hwy [-i-]

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *Haway-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'wind'

Mwulyen: hòwó [Kr]

Bachama: hawɛy [Kr: 112]

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