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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ńä[cw]V
Meaning: wet
Indo-European: *yes-
Uralic: *ńačkV (+ Илл.-Св. *ńäćV / *ńäčV)
Kartvelian: *nisl-
Comments: Expected *c in Kartv.
References: МССНЯ 333, ОССНЯ 2, 87. ND 1578 *ńač̣χV 'wet, moist' (Ur., IE + Sem.?), 1579 *ńa/oĉ̣[qV] (same + differ. Sem.).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *yes- (Gr zd-)
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: to boil
Tokharian: A, B yäs- 'excite, excite sexually' (Adams 500)
Old Indian: yasati, yásyati `to froth up, foam; to strive after'
Avestan: yaēšyeiti `siedet (intr.)'
Old Greek: zdéō, aor. zdé(s)sai̯, ezdésthai, pf. ézdesmai̯ `kochen, wallen, sieden (intr.)'; zdéma n. `das Kochen, Dekokt', zdóē = tò epánō toû mélitos Hsch.
Germanic: *jís-a- vb.; *jṓs-a- adj.; *jṓs-ia- vb., *jḗs-ia- vb., *jis-tu- c., *jis-t-a- n., *jaz-já- vb.
Celtic: Cymr ias `fervor, ebullitio'
Russ. meaning: кипеть, кипятить
References: WP I 208
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *jísan-; *jṓsa-; *jṓsian-, *jḗsian-, *jistu-z, *jista-n, *jazján-
Meaning: to ferment
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: ȫsa wk. `aufreizen'; ōs-s ` sprudelnd'; jɔst-r, gen. jastar m. `Gärung, Hefe'
Norwegian: dial. asa, prt. ōs `aufbrausen, gähren, brausen, stürmen, rasen', esja `gähren'; äsa `gären'; jester
Swedish: dial esa, prt. as `gähren'; jäst `Hefe'
Old English: gist `Schaum, Geifer, Hefe'
English: yeast
Middle Dutch: ghest, ghist m.
Dutch: gist m.
Middle Low German: gest, jest
Old High German: jesan st. `gähren, schäumen' (9.Jh.), gi-jesan (8.Jh.) `in Gärund geraten, gären, schäumen'; caus. jerien `in Gährung versetzen' (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: jësen, gësen st. intr. 'gären, schäumen', tr. 'durch gären, bereiten, hervortreiben'; gɛrn, jɛrn st. 'gären'; { ger(e) }; jëst st. m. `Gischt, Schaum'; EaHG jest, jāst, gest `id.'
German: { Gest }; Gischt m., f.; (älter) Gäscht, Gescht; gären
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 782
Root: i̯es-
English meaning: to foam, boil
German meaning: `wallen, schäumen', von kochendem Wasser
Derivatives: i̯es-tu- `Schaum'
Material: Ai. *yásati, yásyati `sprudelt, siedet; müht sich ab', yayastu `soll verbrühen'; mit ā- `sich anstrengen' (ā-yas-ta- `angefacht, angestrengt, ermüdet, erschlafft', ā-yās-ayati `strengt an, ermüdet, quält'), prá-yasta- `überwallend', Intens. i-yas-yatē `erschlafft, schwindet hin', redupl. yeṣati (*i̯e-i̯s-) `wallt, sprudelt', av. yaēšyeiti `siedet (intr.)';

    gr. ζέω (= yásati) `kochen, wallen, sieden (intr.)', ζέσσε, ζεστός, ζέσμα und geneuert ζέμα `Absud', ζόη τὸ ἐπάνω του̃ μέλιτος (Gischt, Schaum) Hes.;

    gallo-rom. i̯estā `Schaum' (v. Wartburg), cymr. ias f., Pl. iasau `Sieden, Schaumen, Kochen'; air. ess m. (älter n., aus *i̯estu) `Wasserfall'; bret. gòi `gären' vielleicht abstrahiert aus gòell `Hefe' (*upo-i̯es-lo-);

    ahd. jesan `gären, schäumen' = schwed. mdartl. esa (as) `gären', norw. æse, schwed. mdartl. äsa (*jēsian) ds., norw. mdartl. asa (*jasàn; Prät. ōs) `aufbrausen, gären, brausen, stürmen, rasen', esja (*jasjan) `gären', anord. ø̄sa (*jōsjan) `in heftige Bewegung setzen', vgl. norw. mdartl. `das Brausen, Unruhe in Tieren und Menschen', anord. jǫstr, Gen. jastar m. (zunächst aus *estuz, *estauz, älter jes-) und jastr n. (zunächst aus *estra) `Hefe', ags. giest (engl. yeast) `Schaum, Geifer, Hefe', mnd. gest `Hefe', mhd. jest, gest m. `Schaum', nhd. Gest und Gischt `Schaum, Hefe';

    toch. A yäs- `sieden'.

References: WP. I 208. O'Rahilly Ériu 13, 144 f.
Pages: 506
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 616
Proto: *ńačkV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: wet, raw
German meaning: nass, feucht, roh
Finnish: nahkea 'ledern; feuchtig, dumpfig' ? [if not < nahka 'Haut, Leder']
Estonian: nahkijas, nahkjas (gen. nahkija) 'häutig, ledern, zäh' ?
Saam (Lapp): njuoskâs -s'k-, attr. njuos'kâ (N) 'wet, raw', njuoskas, attr. njuoska (L) 'feucht, naß; roh', ńi̊ck, ńīck (T), ńūck (Kld.), ńuøhck (Not.) (attr.) 'feucht, roh, ungekocht'
Mordovian: načko (E), načka (M) 'naß, feucht'
Mari (Cheremis): načkǝ (KB), noćko (U) 'naß; regnerisch', nočko (B) 'feucht'
Khanty (Ostyak): ńăšaχ (Kaz.), ńăsaχ, ńȧ̆saχ (O) 'roh, ungekocht, frisch'
Sammalahti's version: FP *n'e"čkV
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *nisl-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: туман
English meaning: mist
Georgian: nisl-
Megrel: nirs-, nǝrs-
Notes and references: EWK 266.
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