Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *ʒhòr ( / ʔc-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: leak, ooze, drop

Tulung: ʒör- ooze out, leak, cör- filter

Kaling: ʒhwɔrnä (ʒhwɔr) to drop down (of water)

Limbu: sɔ̄mmaʔ, -sɔ̄r-/-sɔ̄n-

Limbu dictionary :

Entry: sɔ:mmaʔ, -sɔ:r-/-sɔ:n-

Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology

Grammar: vi.

Meaning: 1) ooze down, run down, slither; 2) -na:n sɔ:maʔ frown, sulk angrily

Comments: 1) ɔse:k sɔ:n The snake slithers; -thɛʔl sɔ:maʔ drool, kɛ-dhɛʔl sɔ:r-ɛ (your-spit ooze down-PT) You're drooling, cf. ɔ:maʔ, tho:kmaʔ 2)\x ku-na-:n sɔ:r-ɛ (his-face-ABS ooze down-PT)\x He's frowning.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *śor

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: flow, pour

Tibetan: ãćhor (p. śor) escape; flow out; run over; come out; go over.

Burmese: swan to pour out, spill, shed.

Kachin: šon¹ to flow, as tears, sweat.

Lepcha: čhór the pouring of water

Kiranti: *ʒhòr ( / ʔc-)

Comments: Trung čɔr² to leak; BG: Dimasa di-sor flow, Garo sol-aŋ id. Ben. 56. Cf. OCh. 潸 *srān, *srānʔ tears flowing (a suffixed form?).

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *šVrV ?

Meaning: flow, river

North Caucasian: *šVrV

Sino-Tibetan: *śor

Basque: *e-śuri

Comments and references : NSC 62 *šOrV, LDC 31.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *šVrV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lake, river

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *šVrV ( ~ s-)

Proto-Dargwa: *šara

Notes: An And-Darg. isogloss.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *šVrV ( ~ s-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: river, stream

Akhvakh: šuru (Tlan.)

Comments: Attested only in Akhv., with probable Darg. parallels.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *šara

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: lake

Akusha: šara

Chiragh: šara

Comments: Cf. also Kub. šāI, Tsud. šaIri (both are MSU recordings; the source of pharyngealization is unclear - faulty record?).

Basque etymology :

Proto-Basque: *e=śuri

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: to flow, spill

Bizkaian: isuri

Gipuzkoan: isuri

High Navarrese: isuri

Low Navarrese: isuri

Lapurdian: isuri

Zuberoan: ixuri, ixur [íšur]

Roncalese: usuri

Comments: If this comparison is valid, the PSC liquid is *ŕ, since PSC *r would yield Basque *r̄.

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