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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *āla
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: variegated
Russian meaning: пестрый
Old Turkic: ala (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: ala (MK)
Turkish: ala
Tatar: ala
Middle Turkic: ala
Uzbek: ɔla
Uighur: ala
Sary-Yughur: ala
Azerbaidzhan: ala
Turkmen: āla
Khakassian: ala
Shor: ala
Oyrat: ala
Halaj: hala-bula
Chuvash: ola
Yakut: ala
Tuva: ala
Tofalar: ala
Kirghiz: ala
Kazakh: ala
Noghai: ala
Bashkir: ala
Balkar: ala
Gagauz: ala-ǯa
Karaim: ala
Karakalpak: ala
Salar: ala
Kumyk: ala
Comments: EDT 126, VEWT 15, ЭСТЯ 1, 129-130, TMN 2, 95-97, Федотов 2, 274, Лексика 607.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *ā́lV ( ~ *ē-)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: variegated
Russian meaning: пестрый
Turkic: *āla
Mongolian: *ala-g
Korean: *ǝr-
Comments: SKE 7, KW 6-7, Лексика 607. Despite Doerfer TMN 2, 96, Щербак 1997, 97, there is no reason for assuming Turk. > Mong., and even less - Mong. > Turk. (despite Rozycki 16). Cf. also Evn. (Okh.) iler 'variegated' ( < *elir ?; see ТМС 1, 312).
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *ala-g
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: variegated
Russian meaning: пестрый
Written Mongolian: alaɣ (L 26)
Middle Mongolian: alax- (HY 13), alax (SH), alā (IM 432), ala (MA 97, 99)
Khalkha: alag
Buriat: alag
Kalmuck: alǝg
Ordos: alaq
Baoan: alǝG
Dagur: alag (Тод. Даг. 119), alahe (MD 112)
Shary-Yoghur: alag
Monguor: alaG (SM 3)
Mogol: alō
Comments: KW 6. Mong. > Man. alxa etc. (ТМС 1, 27; Doerfer MT 75; Rozycki 15).
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *ǝ̀rɨ̀-nùk-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to be spotted, ornamented
Russian meaning: быть пятнистым, украшенным
Modern Korean: ǝlluk, ǝllǝŋ
Middle Korean: ǝ̀rɨ̀-núk-
Comments: Nam 360, KED 1143, 144.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *HVlV
Meaning: yellow
Indo-European: *Alǝw-
Altaic: *ālV 'variegated'
References: ND 130 *ʡ/GäHl̄u 'reddish, yellow, brown' (+ ECush.). Cf. *ŋwVlV.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *Alǝw-
Meaning: tin; light-yellow
Old Indian: aruṇá- `reddish-brown, tawny, red, ruddy', aruṣá- `red, reddish'
Avestan: auruša- 'weiss'
Slavic: *olovo; *olvь > Rus dial. (Бобр. Ворон., Лебед. Тамб.) ловь `олово' СРНГ
Baltic: *al̂w-a-s (2) m., *al̂w-ā̂ (2) f.
Germanic: *ilw-a- adj.
Russ. meaning: металл (олово) ~ светло-желтый
References: WP I 159
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: о́лово,
Near etymology: оловя́нный, прилаг., укр. о́лово "свинец", блр. во́лово, др.-русск., ст.-слав. олово μόλυβδος (Супр.), болг. оло́во, сербохорв. о̏лово, о̏д олова, словен. оlо̑v, ólovo (Долобко, ZfslPh 3, 131), чеш., слвц. оlоvо, польск. oɫów, в.-луж. wоɫоj, н.-луж. wóɫoj.
Further etymology: Родственно лит. álvas "свинец" (Даукша), лтш. аl̂vа, al̂vs "олово", др.-прусск. alwis "свинец" (но лит., вост., ãlavas заимств. из слав.; см. Буга, ИОРЯС 17, 1, 4). Далее сближают с названиями цветов: д.-в.-н. ёlо "желтый", лат. albus "белый", греч. ἀλφός; см. Траутман, ВSW 7; М.--Э. 1, 69; Фортунатов, AfslPh 4, 580; Перссон 300; Уленбек, РВВ 22, 536 и сл.; Лиден, Stud. 94. Весьма сомнительна мысль о заимствовании из того же источника, откуда греч. μόλυβδος "свинец", родосск. βόλιμος, вопреки Микколе (Ваlt. u. Slav. 41); см. Лиден, там же. Греч. слова вместе с лат. plumbum возводятся к средиземноморскому слову; см. Буазак 644; Сольмсен, Beitr. I, 59 и сл.; Гофман, Gr. Wb. 205.
Pages: 3,135
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *al̂w-a-s (2) m., *al̂w-ā̂ (2) f.
Meaning: tin
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: álva-s (+ ãlava-s < slav.) `Zinn'
Lettish: al̂va, al̂vs `Zinn'
Old Prussian: alwis `Blei' V. 527
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *ilwa-
Meaning: yellow
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old High German: { elo (elawēr) `lohbraun, gelb' }
Middle High German: { el (elwer) `lohbraun, gelb' }
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