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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *bekV(lV) A
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: snake
Tsezi: bikori
Ginukh: bikore
Khvarshi: bečala
Inkhokvari: bekol
Bezhta: bekela
Gunzib: begala
Comments: PTsKh *bekoR(ǝ), (but also *bekV, cf. Gin. bika 'worm'; reasons for *-k- > -č- in Khvarsh. are unclear); PGB *bekVla.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *wHōrƛwVɫV (~ *b-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: snake
Proto-Nakh: *bʕēχul-
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *birka (*bilka)
Proto-Tsezian: *bekV(lV) A
Proto-Lak: baIrčalu
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level; one of the original trisyllabic roots. In PN we would rather expect *bʡōχVl-; the irregularity may be explained by a secondary contamination in Chech. with another root (bȫχa 'dirty', bȫχalla 'dirt'). Otherwise the correspondences are regular. Cf. also Hurr. fali 'worm' (read /fālǝ/ < HU *wāl-), see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 50.

    Abdokov (1983, 119) compares the root with PAK *markʷá 'helminth', which is hardly possible phonetically.

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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *bʕēχul-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: snake
Chechen: bȫχal-la
Ingush: bʕeχal
Comments: 4th class in Chech., 6th class in Ing.
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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *birka (*bilka)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: snake, worm
Avar: boróx
Chadakolob: burúx
Andian language: berča
Akhvakh: beka
Chamalal: beča
Tindi: beḱa
Karata: berka
Botlikh: berka
Bagvalal: beḱa
Godoberi: berḱa
Comments: Av. paradigm C (borxí-l, bórxa-l; Chad. burxí-l, búrxa-l). Cf. also Akhv. Tseg., Tl., Ratl. berka, Bagv. Tlis. belča, Tlond. bʕeḱa [interesting forms - pointing to PA -l- or reminiscent of the original lateral quality of the second stop, and also suggesting a possibility of reconstructing an initial *bH- cluster in PA].
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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: baIrčalu
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: snail
Lak form: baIrčalu (dial)
Comments: The word is recorded by Khaidakov in the Vikhl. dialect in a compound: laIχča-baIrčalu "a petrified snail" (laIχča- = lit. Lak luχč:i "earth").
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *wHōrƛwV́ɫV (~ *b-)
Meaning: snake
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *wHōrƛwVɫV (~ *b-)
Sino-Tibetan: *Prūl (~-ɫ)
Yenisseian: *ʔurol (~x-)
Burushaski: *tul
Basque: *barhe
Comments and references : HGC 28, NSC 56 *(wHVr)-ƛwVɫV, WFR 38, DCE 16. Ket 5 tone points rather to *ʔuʔrol which would contradict lax type in PNC, but may well be a misrecording.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *Prūl (~-ɫ)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: snake
Tibetan: sbrul snake.
Burmese: mruj snake, LB *Mruj.
Lushai: rūl, KC *(p)-rūl snake; small caterpillar, worm or grub.
Kiranti: *ral- 'centipede'
Comments: Mikir phurul; Thankur phǝrǝ; Ao per; Sema ǝpeɣi; N. Khami pǝwi, S. Khami mǝgui; Chepang ru; Magari bul; Kham gùlL. Sh. 75, 441; Ben. 111.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *ral-
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: centipede
Dumi: rāli
Kulung: gal
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Dumi dictionary :

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Entry: ra:li
Kiränti etymology: Kiränti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: centipede, millepede.
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: gal
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: centipede
Nepali: khajuro.
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔurol (~x-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: leech
Ket: ulɔl5
Yug: urɔl5
Comments: ССЕ 201. Werner 2, 331. The inner Yenisseian analysis suggests a compound *xur1 'water' + *jVʔra 'insect, bug' - which, as in many cases, is probably a folk etymology considering the external evidence.
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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *tul
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: snake
Yasin: tul
Hunza: tol
Nagar: tol
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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *barhe
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 slug 2 snail 3 leech
Bizkaian: bare 1, bara-kurkuillo 2, bara-skoill 2, (Arratia) bara-kurrillo 2, (Ispaster) bare-kurlo 2
Gipuzkoan: bare 1, bara-kuillo 2, bara-kurkuillo 2, bare-kurkuillo 2, bara-kurrillo 2
High Navarrese: bara-kurkuillu 2
Lapurdian: bare 1, (arc) bare-korkoil 2, (arc) xinxin-barea 3, (Ainhoa) bare-kurkuila 2
Baztanese: bare 1
Zuberoan: barhe, barhánka 1
Roncalese: (Uztárroz) baranka 1
Comments: Bsq *barhe is compared only with PEC *bHōr- (~ *wHōr-); the second elements in NCauc and some of the Bsq words appear to be distinct: some of the latter approximate Romance forms (Sp. caracol, Fr. escargot, etc.), others resemble words for ‘crane’ (see *kur̄i-lo); clearly a lot of contamination and blending going on.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : WVRLV
Meaning : snake, lizard
Sino-Caucasian : *wHōrƛwV́ɫV (~ *b-)
Austric : PAN *bulilik 'lizard'
Amerind (misc.) : *uli 'lizard' (R 437); *iyala 'snake' (R 664)
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