Altaic etymology : Query result

Proto-Altaic: *i̯uge(ŕV)

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: river, small river

Russian meaning: река, речка

Turkic: *ügüŕ (~ *ö-)

Mongolian: *üjer

Tungus-Manchu: *ugē(r)- / *ug-be(n)

Korean: *jǝ̀hɨ́r

Japanese: *ùrà

Comments: KW 456, Владимирцов 323, (Turk.-Mong.), PKE 63 (Kor.-Turk.). Low tone in Jpn. (not matching the low tone in Kor.) is probably due to contraction. The Mong. form cannot be separated, despite TMN 2, 156 ("lautgesetzlich mit der tü. Form nichts zu tun"). One should also note PTM *üge-n 'river duct' (Neg. īɣen, Ud. jogo-so, Ul. ui-n, ТМС 1, 297, 2, 250); PT *ögen (OUygh. ögen, Oyr. ȫn).