Sino-Caucasian etymology : Query result

Comments and references : Perhaps just a reduplication of *=ixGĂr q.v. In PY cf. also *qɔqante `hunger' - probably the same root, cf. a similar polysemy in Bur.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xGHwVɫV́

Meaning: crow, jackdaw

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *GHwV̄ɫV

Yenisseian: *kɨla

Basque: *beɫe

Comments and references : PY shortness does not correspond to PNC length.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xGHwV̆́nĀ

Meaning: joint, shoulderblade

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *nHɨ̆wG_Ā / *G_Hwɨ̆nĀ

Sino-Tibetan: OC 肩 *kēn 'shoulder'

Yenisseian: *ke(ʔ)n-

Comments and references : HGC 26, WFR 57, LV B23.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xguxgú

Meaning: cuckoo

North Caucasian: *gugu / *ḳuḳu

Yenisseian: *qo(ʔ)q(up)-

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xgVHV (~ *HVxgV)

Meaning: cold

Sino-Tibetan: *Gān

Burushaski: *ge

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xGVwV́

Meaning: to cover

North Caucasian: *GawV

Sino-Tibetan: *gō

Yenisseian: *ʔǝq-

Comments and references : HGC 37 (with a probably incorrect NC parallel).

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xGwăɫā́

Meaning: wild goat

North Caucasian: *Gwăɫā

Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)īɫ

Burushaski: *kil

Comments and references : LV B11, LDC 21. [Irregular structure in PST]

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xG(w)anχV́

Meaning: body

North Caucasian: *GanχV

Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ōŋ

Yenisseian: *qaχ-al ( ~ -k-, -g-)

Burushaski: *khaŋór

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xGwăŋwV

Meaning: big stone, mound

North Caucasian: *GwămV (~-ǟ-)

Sino-Tibetan: *kŏŋ

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xG(w)ā́ŋū ( ~ -ǝ̄-)

Meaning: hill, rock

North Caucasian: *hG_wānū (~ -ǝ̄-,-ǝ̄)

Sino-Tibetan: *kāŋ (~g-)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xgwĕ́rdwV̄

Meaning: a k. of cloth

North Caucasian: *gwĭrdwV ( ~ -ɨ̆-)

Sino-Tibetan: *k[ā]t (~ q-)

Yenisseian: *χɔʔtɨr₁

Burushaski: *gaṭú

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xgw[ē]rdV́ (?)

Meaning: a k. of predator

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *gwērdV (*gwēṭV-rV)

Yenisseian: *qɨte (~χ-)

Comments and references : PY (as suggested by Vajda) may be rather related to PND *KUC- 'wolf' and perhaps to PNC *gwăǯē 'dog, wolf' (thus going back to *xgwVšdV ?).

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xGwǝntV́

Meaning: hill, mound

North Caucasian: *GwɨntV

Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)ōn ( ~ -ū-)

Yenisseian: *kǝ(ʔ)t- (~g-,-c-,-č-, -d-)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xGwɨ̆́lʡi

Meaning: hole, pit

North Caucasian: *G_wǝ̆lʡi

Sino-Tibetan: *ghuar(H)

Yenisseian: *kɨʔl (~g-,-r)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xGwV

Meaning: thou