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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=irṭwV
Meaning: to bore, distress
North Caucasian: *=irṭ(w)V
Sino-Tibetan: *tāw
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,

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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *=irṭ(w)V
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to pester, bother, bore
Proto-Nakh: *ḳ-orṭ-
Proto-Lak: =uṭi-
Proto-Dargwa: *=iṭ- / *=irṭ-
Proto-Lezghian: *ʔirṭe- ( ~ -ṭɨ-)
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular, and the etymology seems plausible.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,

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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *ḳ-orṭ-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to pester, bother, bore
Chechen: ḳord=ō
Ingush: ḳorda=de
Batsbi: ḳorṭ-
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,

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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: =uṭi-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to insult, offend
Lak form: =uṭi-n
Comments: G. pr. =u=ṭu-nu.
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,

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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *=iṭ- / *=irṭ-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to be bored, fed up with smth.
Chiragh: =iṭ- / =irṭ-
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-chr,

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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *ʔirṭe- ( ~ -ṭɨ-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 to become astringent 2 to be defeated 3 to win
Lezghian: riṭi- 1
Agul: liṭ- 2,3
Rutul: li=ṭa- 3
Comment: The original meaning is "to be bothered, fed up" (cf. the external evidence), whence the various meanings in modern languages. Ag. and Rut. have a preverb *l- (Lezg. riṭi- < *ʔirṭe-, and r- is not a prefix).
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-agu,lezget-rut,lezget-comment,

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tāw
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: grieved, sullen
Chinese: *tāw grieved, sorry.
Lushai: tau (tauʔ) to sulk, be sullen.
Comments: Cf. also OCh. 怊 *thaw (~-ew), *thraw grieved.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-lush,stibet-comments,

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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: daō
Preclassic Old Chinese: tāw
Classic Old Chinese: tāw
Western Han Chinese: tāw
Eastern Han Chinese: tāw
Early Postclassic Chinese: tāw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: tāw
Late Postclassic Chinese: tāw
Middle Chinese: tâw
English meaning : be grieved, sad
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 1131 b
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,bigchina-karlgren,

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