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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *webh-
Meaning: worm, beetle
Tokharian: B yape 'spider' ( = Skr. ūrṇa-vabhi-) (Adams 483)
Old Indian: ? ūrṇa-vā́bhi- `spider' (`wool weaver')
Russ. meaning: насекомое (червь, жук)
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: ве́блица
Near etymology: "червь", арханг. (Даль).
Further etymology: Родственно лит. vãbalas, vabuolas "жук", жем. vabolė̃ "навозный жук", лтш. vabule, vabale "навозный жук", д.-в.-н. wibil "хлебный червь, жук", англос. wibba "навозный жук", далее, лит. vebždėti "кишеть", д.-в.-н. weban "постоянно двигаться туда-сюда", ср.-в.-н. wabelen "неопределенно двигаться"; см. Зубатый, AfslPh 16, 416; М. -- Э. 4, 428; Траутман, BSW 336.
Pages: 1,282
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *wab-al-a-, *wab-ā̂l-a-, -ō̂l-, -ul- c., *wā̂b-ō̂l-a- c.
Meaning: beetle
Lithuanian: vãbala-s `Käfer', dial. vab(u)ola-s `id.', žem. vabōlē̃, vãbōlē `Mistkäfer', ostlit. vṓbuolas `Käfer'
Lettish: vabule, vabale, vabals, vabale, vabele, vabuole, vabulis, vabuole, vabuolis `Käfer (+ Mistkäfer, Maikäfer, Sonnenkälbchen)'
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *wībila-z, *wibila-z, *wibjēn
Meaning: an insect
Old Norse: torδ-ǖfill m. `Miskäfer'
Norwegian: tord-üvel, -ivil
Swedish: dial. tord-üvel
Old Danish: thorth-ifil
Old English: wifel, -es m. `weevil, beetle', wibba, -an m. `worm or beetle'
English: weevil
Old Saxon: wivil `Käfer, Kornwurm'
Middle Dutch: wēwel, wivel naam van verschillende insecten o. a. `mestkever'; `horzel'
Dutch: wevel m. `klander, zwarte korenmot'
Middle Low German: wivel, wevel `Käfer, Kornwurm'
Old High German: wibil, wipil `Käfer, Kornwurm'
Middle High German: wibel st. m. 'wiebel, kornwurm'
German: { Wiebel }
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 2095
Root: u̯ebh-2
English meaning: to wander, roam, swarm
German meaning: `sich hin und her bewegen, wabern, wimmeln'
Material: Mhd. weben `bewegen, schwingen', weberen `sich tummeln', webelen `schwanken', nhd. ostpreuß. wibbeln; mhd. waben, waberen, wabelen `in unsteter Bewegung sein', wappen `hin und her schwanken', nhd. (nd.) wabbelig `wackelnd, z. B. von Gallertigem', ags. wafian (besonders mit handum) `sich bewegen', mengl. waveren, engl. waver `wanken, schwanken', aisl. vafla `wackeln', vafra `sich unstet hin und zurück bewegen, wabern' (vafrlog `Waberlohe'), vefjast ds.; aisl. vāfa `schweben, baumeln', ags. wǣfre `unstet, flackernd';
lit. vebžd-ù, -ė́ti `wimmeln, sich verwirren, durcheinander bewegen';
dazu ahd. wibil m. `Käfer, Kornwurm'; as. wivil, mnd. wevel ds., ags. wifel `Kornwurm', aisl.*vifill in torðyfill `Mistkäfer', ags. wibba `Roßkäfer'; lit. vãbalas `Käfer', vabuolas ds., žem. vabolė̃ `Mistkäfer', lett. vabuolis `Käfer' (daneben ostlit. dial. vóbuolas `Käfer', žem.vam̃bolė, lett. vambale, vambuole `Mistkäfer').
References: WP. I 257 f., WH. II 733, Trautmann 336, Vasmer 1, 176;
See also: hierzu: u̯ed-
Pages: 1114-1115
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *HUbV
Meaning: to plait, weave
References: Климов 1994, 72-74; ND 710 *GUbV 'to plait, weave, wattle' (+ Arab.). nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-kart,nostret-reference,
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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *ɣob-
Russian meaning: плести
English meaning: to plait
Georgian: ɣob- 'to block', ɣobe 'hedge'
Megrel: ɣob- 'to plait', ɣober- 'hedge'
Svan: ɣob, ɣweb
Svan meaning (Rus.): улей
Svan meaning (Eng.): bee-hive
Laz: ɣob- 'to plait', ɣober- 'hedge'
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 205, EWK 393. Ср. ПИЕ *(H)webh- 'ткать, плести' (сравнение см. Климов 1994, 72-74, однако предположение о заимствовании совершенно не обязательно; слово может представлять и исконный ностратический фонд).
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : HVPV
Meaning : to plait, weave
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔVbaw-
Meaning: cord; tie
Notes: Scarce data.
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: wꜣb (sarc)
Meaning: 'cord'
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *[HV]bway-
Meaning: 'tie' 1, 'weave' 2, 'twist' 3
Mafa=Matakam: -vaw- 3
Bachama: ḅwéyò 1
Bata: bwe~ 1
Peve: bǝ 2
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *pV́HV (*HVpV)
Meaning: to weave
North Caucasian: PWC *pa- 'weave, plait'
Comments and references : HGC 36. sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-notes,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ph]ăŋH
Meaning: twist, spin, spindle
Tibetan: phaŋ spindle.
Kachin: gǝbaŋ3 a hand-spindle.
Comments: Thebor phaŋ spindle; Simon 16, Ben. 25.
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Chinese characters :
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Character: 紡
Modern (Beijing) reading: fǎng
Preclassic Old Chinese: phaŋʔ
Classic Old Chinese: pháŋ
Western Han Chinese: pháŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: phwáŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: phwáŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: phwáŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: phwáŋ
Middle Chinese: phwáŋ
English meaning : twist, spin
Russian meaning[s]: прясть; плести; вить, сучить
Radical: 120
Four-angle index: 4231
Karlgren code: 0740 r
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Number: 1024
Character: 紡
MC description : 宕合三上養敷
ZIHUI: 4791 2238
Beijing: faŋ 2
Jinan: faŋ 2
Xi'an: faŋ 2
Taiyuan: fa_̃ 2
Hankou: faŋ 2
Chengdu: faŋ 2
Yangzhou: fâŋ 2
Suzhou: fa_ŋ 2
Wenzhou: xuɔ 21
Changsha: fan 2
Shuangfeng: xaŋ 2
Nanchang: фuɔŋ 2
Meixian: fɔŋ 2
Guangzhou: fɔŋ 21
Xiamen: hɔŋ 2 (lit.); phaŋ 2
Chaozhou: huaŋ 21
Fuzhou: xuɔŋ 2
Shanghai: fa_̃ 3
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *pVʔV
Meaning: to wind (rope etc.)
Ket: hʌ:3
Yug: fъ:3
Kottish: fo-fūjaŋ (pret. fōna-fūjaŋ, imp. fan-fui)
Comments: ССЕ 254. Werner 1, 342 <*phǝphǝ>.
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