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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ṭäjV
Meaning: louse
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *tei-
Altaic: *t`ijV
Uralic: *täje
Kartvelian: *ṭiź-
References: МССНЯ 335.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *teyǝ-, *tyē-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: moth
Old Greek: sḗs, gen. seós/sētós, pl. sées/sē̂tes, gen. séōn/sētō̂n, acc. séas m. `Motte, Milbe'
Slavic: *tьljā `Motte, Blattlaus'
Latin: tinea f. `Motte, Holzwurm, Raupe'
Russ. meaning: насекомое (моль)
References: WP I 701 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: тля
Near etymology: "растительноядное насекомое", также "моль", яросл. (Волоцкий). Сближают с лат. tinea "моль", греч. τῖλος "жидкие экскременты", τῖλάω "страдаю поносом", лит. týras "болото; чистый", tỹrе "каша", лтш. tĩrelis "болото", далее сюда же ти́на, тлеть; см. Перссон 462 и сл.; Гофман, Gr. Wb. 366, 462.
Pages: 4,65
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *t`ijV
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: louse
Russian meaning: вошь
Turkic: *Ti-
Tungus-Manchu: *ti-kte
Comments: A Turk.-Tung. isogloss. Very poorly attested in Turkic; but cf. a further Nostratic etymology (Ural. *täjV, Kartv. *ṭil-) in МССНЯ 335.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *Ti-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: a k. of biting insect
Russian meaning: вид кусающего насекомого
Old Turkic: ti-ler (OUygh.)
Comments: See EDT 501: the word is located in a list of harmful biting insects, between flies and ants.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ti-kte
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: louse
Russian meaning: вошь
Spoken Manchu: čixē (2255)
Literary Manchu: čixe
Ulcha: tiqte
Orok: tikte
Nanai: čikte
Comments: ТМС 2, 179. Derived from a root *ti(:)-, cf. PTM *tī-le-/*tī-na- 'to search for lice in one's hair' (see ТМС 2, 181 and SKE 165).
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1048
Proto: *täje
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: louse
German meaning: Laus
Finnish: täi 'Laus'
Estonian: täi
Saam (Lapp): dik'ke -kk- (N), Diχ͕́ḱiɛ (Wfs.), tihke (T), tehk (Kld. Not.)
Mari (Cheremis): ti (KB U), tij (M B)
Udmurt (Votyak): tej (S K G)
Komi (Zyrian): toj (S P), tu̇j (PO)
Khanty (Ostyak): töɣtǝm (V), tewtǝm (DN O)
Mansi (Vogul): tǟkǝm (TJ), tɔ̄̈χǝm (KU), takǝm (P), tākǝm (So.)
Hungarian: tetű (acc. tetűt, tetvet)
Sammalahti's version: *täji
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *ṭiź-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: вошь
English meaning: louse
Georgian: ṭil-; ṭizn- 'to louse' (EWK: ṭisn-)
Megrel: ṭi; ṭišon-
Svan: ṭiš
Laz: (m)ṭi; ṭišon-, ṭišin-
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 181, EWK 328, 329. В МСHЯ 335 основа сопоставляется с ТМ *ti- 'вошь', урал. *täjV id.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : TVJV
Meaning : louse
Eurasiatic : *ṭäjV
Afroasiatic : ? *tVt- 'louse' (Cush., Chad.); Omot. *tuʔ-
Sino-Caucasian : NC *ṭaHnā (~ -ǝ̄)
Austric : PAA *TVj 'scorpion', see Peiros 1989
Amerind (misc.) : *tai 'ant' (R 8), *ti 'louse' (R 446)
African (misc.) : Bantu *-dá 'louse'.
Reference : МССНЯ 335; ND 2449; GE 26 *ti (+ dubious NS).
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