Sino-Caucasian etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇ɨ́xq̇ǝ̄ ( ~ -ā)

Meaning: road

North Caucasian: *q̇_ǝq̇ǝ ( ~ -a)

Sino-Tibetan: *kɨ̄ŋ

Yenisseian: *χ[ɨ](ʔ)χ

Comments and references : HGC 34.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇ōnŁV̄́

Meaning: spade, fork

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *q̇HōnŁV

Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)āk

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇VxgV́

Meaning: back

North Caucasian: *q̇ŏgV

Yenisseian: *gɨ̄q-

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

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇wárṭV̄

Meaning: to tie, belt

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *q̇_HwarṭV

Sino-Tibetan: *kʷāt ( ~ gʷ-)

Yenisseian: *guʔda

Comments and references : HGC 33, LV B17(differently: ST: NC *kʕwĕc̣(w)V̄); somewhat differently in NSC 56 *ḳwEtV.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[xq̇]wĕ[l]ʕǝ́

Meaning: mouse; stoat

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *q̇welʕǝ (~ -ʡ-, -ō)

Sino-Tibetan: ? *Kʷā

Yenisseian: *kulVp

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇wémV

Meaning: nut; kernel

North Caucasian: *q̇_wǝmV ( ~ -e-)

Sino-Tibetan: *kuam

Yenisseian: *ʔeʔm- (~x-)

Comments and references : HGC 29, WFR 93. Specific ST meanings like 'fig' or 'peach' may also be due to a contamination with yet another root, reflected in PNC as *gwămpV `raspberry'.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇wĕmV

Meaning: horn; edge

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *hq̇wĕmV̄

Sino-Tibetan: *khăm

Basque: *gain

Comments and references : WFR 85.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇wǝ̆lʔá̆ ?

Meaning: cover, lid

North Caucasian: *q̇wǝ̆lʔă

Sino-Tibetan: *Khrɨ̆m

Yenisseian: *gulam (~k-) ?

Comments and references : HGC 31.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇wǝ̆́twV

Meaning: chopped piece, to cut

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *q̇_ǝ̆twV

Sino-Tibetan: *kʷāt (~ gʷ-; r-)

Burushaski: *gaṭ- ?

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇wǝ̄́ńǝ̄

Meaning: a k. of small predator (?)

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ɦnǝ̄q̇_wǝ̄ ( ~ *ɦq̇_wǝ̄nǝ̄)

Yenisseian: *kūń (~g-)

Basque: *-kone

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇winV̆́

Meaning: (finger)nail; peg

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ɦq̇wĭnV̆

Sino-Tibetan: ? Magar ar-kin, Sunwar gē 'fingernail'

Yenisseian: *ʔīń- (~x-)

Comments and references : NSC 56 *xq̇winV. Vowel length correspondence seems irregular. Cf. also ND *gʷā̀N 'fingernail'.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇wírqV ( ~ -xq-)

Meaning: knot, to bind

North Caucasian: *q̇werq_V ( ~ -i-)

Sino-Tibetan: *gīk

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇wɨ̆́ntV̄ (/*xqwɨ̆́nṭV̄?)

Meaning: to smear, scrape

North Caucasian: *q_wanṭV ( ~ -ɨ̆-,-ĕ-,-m-) ?

Sino-Tibetan: *k(r)ūt ( ~ g-)

Yenisseian: *git (*giʔit)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇wV̄č̣V̄

Meaning: vessel, (wine)skin

North Caucasian: *q̇weč̣V ( ~ -ć̣-)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇wV̄́ɫʔV̆

Meaning: arm

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *q̇_w[ǟ]ɫʔV̆

Comments and references : See notes under *χV̆ɫHe.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇(w)VrV́

Meaning: a k. of weed, cereal

North Caucasian: *q̇[ǝ̄]rV

Sino-Tibetan: *khriǝ̆H

Burushaski: *gur

Basque: *(gara-)gar̄

Comments and references : ? Cf. Basq. *garagar̄ 'barley'.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇(w)VrV́

Meaning: old, ripe

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *=ĭrq̇wĂ

Sino-Tibetan: *grĭ

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xq̇wV́rV(q̇V̄)

Meaning: frog

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *q̇_wVrVq̇V̄

Sino-Tibetan: OC 蟈 *kʷrǝ̄k 'frog' (or 龜 *kʷrǝ turtle)

Yenisseian: *xǝʔr-

Burushaski: *ɣórku-

Basque: *Herug(ʷ)i

Comments and references : +LV B26, DCE 16.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *(x)q̇_wirʡV ( ~ -ʕ-)

Meaning: net

North Caucasian: *q̇_wirʡV ( ~ -ʕ-)

Sino-Tibetan: *kʷā(H) (~ gʷ-, qʷ-, Gʷ-)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xV (*xV́HV)

Meaning: what

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *x_V

Sino-Tibetan: *qhā-

Yenisseian: *ʔaj ( ~ x-)

Comments and references : NSC 65 *xV.