Brahui etymology :

Brahui : us-t

Meaning : heart, mind, inside, kernel

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Number in DED : 645

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *uS-

Meaning : life; to live

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *us-, *us-ir

Proto-Telugu : *usur-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *usur

Proto-North Dravidian : *uǯ-

Brahui : us-t

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *us-, *us-ir

Meaning : to live; life

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : uy (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to live, subsist, have being, be saved, be relieved (from trouble), escape (as from danger)

Tamil derivates : (-pp-, -tt-) to ensure salvation; uykai salvation, deliverance, escape from hardship; uyti salvation, deliverance, remedy, expiation, ceasing; uyvu escaping from danger, salvation, remedy; uyal living, being, escaping; uyavu means of saving life; uyir (-pp-, -tt-) to revive, regain consciousness, be in vigorous functioning activity, breathe hard, be wafted as fragrance, breathe one's last; give birth to, smell, say, declare, emit; n. life (animal or vegetable), soul, living being, wind, voice; uiyrppu reanimation, revival, breath, wind, air, sighing, sweet fragrance; ucir life

Malayalam : uyir, uśir

Malayalam meaning : life, breath

Malayalam derivates : uyirkka to live, revive, survive; uyirppu life, reanimation; uyirppikka to quicken, raise to life; vīrkkuka to sigh, breathe; vīrppu breath

Kannada : usir, usur, usuru

Kannada meaning : breath, life, taking breath, caesura

Kannada derivates : usalu breath

Kodagu : usɨrɨ

Kodagu meaning : breath

Tulu : usuru, usulu, nusulu

Tulu meaning : breath, life

Proto-Nilgiri : *usir

Number in DED : 0645

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *usir

Meaning : life

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : ucr "life, male genitals (polite word)"

Toda : ǖr, usɨr

Additional forms : Also Toda yūk, üy, in song units: yūk fɨt_ad drawing longing sighs, üy naṛɵad walking with heavy breathing

Number in DED : 645

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *usur-

Meaning : breath, life

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : usuru

Dialectal forms (1) : usur_u

Additional forms : Also usuranu to sigh, be much vexed; [1] ūrcu, [2] ūrucu to breathe, sigh; [1] ūrpu, [2] ūrupu breath, sigh; ūr_aṭa taking or recovering breath, being refreshed, consolation, comfort, rest; [1] ūr_aḍilu, [2] ūr_aḍillu, [3] ūr_aḍu to be consoled, calmed, appeased; ūr_aḍincu to console, comfort, appease

Number in DED : 645

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *usur

Meaning : life

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Konda : usur

Konda etymology :

Konda : usur

Meaning: life, breath

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Number in DED : 645

North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *uǯ-

Meaning : to live; life

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : ujjnā "to have life, reside, become animated, take life"

Malto : uje "to live; n. life"

Additional forms : Also KUR ujjtaʔānā to keep alive, bring back to consciousness, raise again to life, revive (fire, quarrel); MLT ujni living, alive.

Number in DED : 645

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *HUcV ( ~ -c`-)

Meaning: to live

Indo-European: *(a)wes- <PIH *H->

Kartvelian: ?? *ćxow-

Dravidian: *uS-

Comments: For Kartv. cf. also *sogV (*soXV?)

References: ND 747 *ɣüŝV 'live' (IE, Drav. + Sem.)

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *(a)wes- <PIH *Hʷ->

Meaning: to dwell, to be

Hittite: hwis- / hwes- (I) 'leben' (Tischler 264ff); husk- (I) 'warten' (Tischler 316 with doubt)

Tokharian: A wṣe, B yṣīye (PT *w'äsi-) 'night' (Adams 521); B wäs- 'dwell, abide' (597)

Old Indian: vásati, ptc. uṣita- `to dwell, live, remain, abide'; vasatí- f., vāsá- m. `staying, remaining'

Avestan: vaŋhaiti `wohnt'

Armenian: goy `ist, existiert, ist vorhanden', goy (i-St.) `seiend, Sein, Gut, Habe'

Old Greek: aéskō, aéskonto, ep. aor. ā́esa nǘkta `zubringen die Nacht'

Germanic: *wís-a-/*wiz-á- vb., *wis-t-i- c., *waz-ṓ- vb., *wēz-í- adj.

Celtic: *westi-: OIr feiss `Bleiben, Rasten', *wosto-: foss `Bleiben, Ruhe'; *woseti: foaid `nächtigt, bringt die Nacht zu'

Russ. meaning: жить (wohnen), быть

References: WP I 306 f

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *wísan-/*wizán- vb., *wisti-z, *wazṓn- vb., *wēziá-

Meaning: be, remain

IE etymology: IE etymology

Gothic: wisan st. `be'; *wist-s f. (i) `nature'

Old Norse: vesa (jüng. vera) st. `sein, geschehen', vist f. `Aufenthalt'; vǟr-r `berechtigt zum Aufenthalt' (in heraδ-vǟrr)

Norwegian: vera vb.

Swedish: vara vb.

Danish: väre vb.

Old English: wesan `sein, verweilen, bleiben'

English: was, were

Old Frisian: wesa

Old Saxon: wesan; warōn `dauern'

Middle Dutch: wesen

Dutch: wezen

Old Franconian: wesan

Middle Low German: waren `dauern'

Old High German: wesan (8.Jh.) `sein, verweilen, sich aufhalten, existieren, dauern, geschehen', wist `Wesen, Aufenthalt'

Middle High German: wësen st. 'bleiben, verweilen, sich aufhalten; sein, vorhanden sein, da sein, existieren, dauern, geschehen'; wist st. f. 'aufenthalt, wohnung; welt, menschheit'

German: war, gewesen, Wesen

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *ćxow-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: жить; животное

English meaning: to live; animal

Georgian: cxov- 'to live'; cxovar-, cxvar-, cxor- 'sheep'

Megrel: čxo-(n) 'to save', čxo-u, čxu 'cow', šxur- 'sheep'

Svan: (?) šxär

Svan meaning (Rus.): бык с пятном на лбу

Svan meaning (Eng.): ox with a spot on his head

Laz: (m)čxu(r)-, mškur-

Laz meaning (Rus.): овца

Laz meaning (Eng.): sheep

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 231, 232, EWK 470.

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