Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ć̣V́ɫHV

Meaning: sharp

Sino-Tibetan: *śal (~-ǝ-, -ɫ)

Yenisseian: *saʔr₁

Burushaski: *sel

Comments and references : Somewhat differently in HGC 33. [?? Arch. č̣ele 'stone']

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *śal (~-ǝ-, -ɫ)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sharp edge, sharp stone

Tibetan: śal a flint, sharp-edged stone.

Kachin: niŋšan², nšan², nša³ the edge of a blade.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *saʔr₁

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: sharp edge

Ket: śaʔĺ

Yug: saʔr

Kottish: šal, g. šali, pl. šālaŋ, šalaŋ "sharp edge"; ōšalaŋ "to whet", praet. ōnašalaŋ, imp. anšal, pass. onāšal; šičal "whetting"

Comments: ССЕ 269. Werner 2, 182 <*saʔʎ>.

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *sel

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: needle

Yasin: sel

Hunza: sel

Nagar: sel

Comments: ?T. 12466 [Skt. śilī `dart, arrow', Pk. silla-, sella- `spear, arrow'; in Kho. only šil `wedge for the door' and possibly of different origin < Skt. lex. śili- `lower timber of a door'; never `needle'].

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