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Basque etymology :
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Proto-Basque: *bac
Meaning: wet snow
Bizkaian: batz
Comments: An isolated, but apparently archaic, Bizkaian word, to judge from cognates in Burushaski (*bić 'cold, chill') and Yeniseian (*beʔč 'snow [falling in flakes]').
basqet-prnum,basqet-meaning,basqet-bzk,basqet-comments,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[b]Eč̣V ( ~ -č-)
Meaning: snow, cold
sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-buru,sccet-basq,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Piǝ̆t (~ w-)
Meaning: cold
Tibetan: phjid to freeze.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,
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Character: 冹
Modern (Beijing) reading: fǔ
Preclassic Old Chinese: pǝt
Classic Old Chinese: pǝt
Western Han Chinese: pǝt
Eastern Han Chinese: pwǝt
Early Postclassic Chinese: pwɨt
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pwɨt
Late Postclassic Chinese: pwɨt
Middle Chinese: püt
English meaning : cold, freezing
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *beʔč
Meaning: snow (falling in flakes)
Ket: bɛʔt
Yug: bɛʔt́
Pumpokol: beč (Сл., Срсл., Кл.) "snow"
Comments: ССЕ 208. Werner 1, 119 *beʔt'.
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-sym,yenet-pum,yenet-notes,
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *bić
Meaning: cold (n.)
Hunza: bić
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-hun,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : PVCV
Meaning : frost, cold
globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-scc,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *pič`V
Meaning: frost
References: Suggested by V. Glumov.
nostret-meaning,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-reference,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *pĕ̀su
Meaning: hoar-frost, cold
Russian meaning: иней, мороз
Comments: Shortness and low tone reconstructed because of Mong. *(h)-. The etymology is somewhat questionable because of late attestation in Turkic and a possibility of an alternative analysis of the Korean form (see above).
altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-kor,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *bes
Meaning: hoar-frost
Russian meaning: иней
Turkish: dial. besim, peseɣü, pesen
Tatar: bɛs
Chuvash: pas
Bashkir: bäɵ
turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-trk,turcet-tat,turcet-chv,turcet-bas,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *(h)osu-
Meaning: to freeze, to suffer from cold weather
Russian meaning: мерзнуть, страдать от холода
Written Mongolian: osu- (L 624) Khalkha: oso-, osgo-
monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *psắ-
Meaning: hail
Russian meaning: град
Middle Korean: psắ-nūn
Comments: Nam 289. Connection with psắr 'rice' ("rice-snow") cannot be excluded, cf. also the modern form s:aragi-nūn. koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 769
Proto: *pičV (*pečV)
English meaning: frost, dew
German meaning: Reif, Tau
Saam (Lapp): bicce -ʒ- (N) 'rime (frost)', péɔt̨̀t̨s̨E 'Reif' (Ko. Suonikylä)
Mari (Cheremis): pöršäŋšǝ (KB), pörš (U M), pöršö (B) 'Reif'
Udmurt (Votyak): pužmer (S K G) 'Reif, gefrorener Tau'
Komi (Zyrian): puž (S Peč. P) 'Reif, Tau', puži̮m (P) 'иней', pužma.l- (PO) 'reifen, bereifen (intr.)'
Khanty (Ostyak): påčǝm (Trj.), počǝm (DN), poχčem (C), pasȧm (O) 'kalter Dunst, Reif im Herbst'
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-saa,uralet-mar,uralet-udm,uralet-kom,uralet-khn,
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