Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕirVw-

Meaning: settlement; gate, door

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ʕir- 'town'

Berber: *Hur- 'door'

Egyptian: ʕrw.t (pyr) 'gate'

Central Chadic: *HirVw- 'village'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 650

Proto-Semitic: *ʕir-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'town'

Hebrew: ʕīr

Epigraphic South Arabian: ʕr 'mountain, citadel, hill-town'

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *Hur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'door'

Ghadames: ta-b_b_ur-t

Ghat: tă-wur-t

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): tă-hor-t

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): ta-bbur-t (<*-wwur-)

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: ʕrw.t (pyr)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'gate'

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *HirVw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'village'

Gisiga: hirwi [LGis ?]

Notes: Sukur ír 'hut' [CLR: 203] may originate from *ʔit-, cp. Daba ita id [CLR]

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : HVRV

Meaning : door

Afroasiatic : *ʕirVw-

Sino-Caucasian : *ʡwĕ́ŕV

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʡwĕ́ŕV

Meaning: door

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *rĕʡwV ~ *ʡwĕrV (~ -ä-,-ɨ-)

Yenisseian: *ʔeʔŕ- ( ~ h-)

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *rĕʡwV ~ *ʡwĕrV (~ -ä-,-ɨ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: door-fold, door

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *riħV

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔʷer- (~ɨ,o,ʔu-)

Notes: An Av.-And.-Lezg. isogloss. Despite the metathesis, the comparison seems rather likely.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *riħV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 door, door-pass 2 entrance

Avar: ráhu 1

Akhvakh: rihi 2 (Tseg.)

Chamalal: jeh 1,2

Tindi: riha 1

Comments: Av. paradigm A (ráh-dul, ráha-bi). Cf. also Cham. Gig. rehi 'door, shed above the entrance'.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ʔʷer- (~ɨ,o,ʔu-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: door- or gate-fold

Tabasaran: urin

Comment: Tab. -in is a rather productive suffix (cf. rak:-in 'door' etc.); without it cf. ur-ar (a former plural form) 'gate'. The root is attested only in Tab., but has rather probable Andian parallels.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔeŕk-

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: door (of the birchbark tent)

Ket: ɛllǝ⁵, pl. ɛllán ( < ɛlla:n³); South. ɛla⁵, pl. ɛlɨn⁵

Yug: ɛrfɔx⁵, pl. ɛrfɔxn⁵

Pumpokol: élxan (Сл.), elxan (Срсл.) "door"

Comments: ССЕ 187. Yug probably reflects a metathesis: ɛrfɔx < *ɛrxɔp < *erk-op. The word is probably a compound, but details are not quite clear. Werner 1, 230 <*ɛʎp^hǝq>.

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