Sino-Caucasian etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦǝ̄ć̣Ĕ

Meaning: empty, bare

North Caucasian: *ɦǝ̄ć̣Ĕ

Basque: *haś

Comments and references : Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦĭgVrV́

Meaning: near

North Caucasian: *ɦĭgVrV

Sino-Tibetan: *k(r)ǝ̆j ( ~ g-, q-, G-; -s)

Yenisseian: *ʔɨkVl ( ~ -x-, -r)

Basque: *hur̄-

Comments and references : WFR 2.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦĭxŋwV

Meaning: to graze; guard

North Caucasian: *ɦĭfV

Sino-Tibetan: *ŋ[u]a

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦnắrxGwī

Meaning: hearth, interior (?)

North Caucasian: *ɦnărG_wī

Sino-Tibetan: *naŋ / *nak

Burushaski: ? *mákući

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦnǝ̄r(x)ḳ_wV̄

Meaning: urine, dirt

North Caucasian: *ɦnǝ̄rḳ_wV̄

Sino-Tibetan: *nēkʷ

Basque: *gernu

Comments and references : LV B14.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦnɨ̄́[ć̣]ĭ ~ *ɦ[ć̣]ɨ̄́nĭ ~ ɦ(w)ɨ̄nć̣ĭ

Meaning: bird

North Caucasian: *ɦnɨ̄ć̣_(w)ĭ

Burushaski: *c̣hen

Basque: *h[u]nc

Comments and references : DCE 18.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦŏ́mxGVwV

Meaning: mouth

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ɦŏmG_wĭ (~-ĕ)

Sino-Tibetan: *khuā(H)

Yenisseian: *χo(ʔ)we

Basque: *a=ho

Comments and references : HGC 20 (somewhat differently), LDC 15. In ST there's some confusion between this root and *[k]ău̯V q.v. PY has lost -ʔ- (in the CVCe structure), but preserves it in plural. Cf. also Bsq. *hobi 'gums' (352).

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦréƛ̣wĕ

Meaning: bone, rib

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ɦreƛ̣_wĕ (~-ĭ)

Sino-Tibetan: *rāŋ / *rāk

Yenisseian: *ʔu(ʔ)ĺaʒ

Comments and references : HGC 18. PST (and PY) may also correspond to PNC *ƛ̣ōrǝ̄ (/*rōƛ̣ǝ̄) 'hand, hand-bone' (see LV D11).

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦrVc̣V̆́

Meaning: bone

North Caucasian: *ɦric̣V̆

Sino-Tibetan: *rɨ̄ (-t, -s)

Comments and references : Or should the ST form compared with Bur. *re- `hand'?

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦVʔV̆

Meaning: sheep, small cattle

North Caucasian: *ɦVʔV̆ (~-NH-)

Burushaski: *hujés - should be moved to *χVjV!

Comments and references : DCE 17.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦV́čwī

Meaning: blue

North Caucasian: *ɦVč_wīlV

Yenisseian: *wV(ʔ)s

Comments and references : HGC 38 (but the ST parallel given there belongs rather to *čVwV).

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦV̆rq̇wĔ́

Meaning: wide

North Caucasian: *ɦărq̇Ĕ

Sino-Tibetan: *qʷāŋH

Yenisseian: *χiGVĺ ( ~ *χiχVĺ)

Comments and references : HGC 40.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦVrtV́

Meaning: a k. of grass

North Caucasian: *ɦōrtV

Yenisseian: *ʔēd- (~x-,-ʒ)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦV̆šdwĀ́

Meaning: sharp

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ɦüǯwĀ

Yenisseian: *ʔete

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦwe(m)ṭi

Meaning: worm, leech

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ɦwe(m)ṭi

Sino-Tibetan: *wăt

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦwǝ̄́mšwi

Meaning: a kind of herb

North Caucasian: *ɦwǝ̄mš_wi ( ~ -e)

Basque: *ɦauśin ~ *ɦaśuin

Comments and references : Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦw[ǝ̄́]rxqwē

Meaning: boundary, ridge

North Caucasian: *ɦwǝ̄rq_ē

Sino-Tibetan: *ʔʷɨ̆k (~qhʷ-)

Yenisseian: *ʔa(ʔ)k- (~x-,-x-)

Burushaski: *hurgó

Basque: *hegi

Comments and references : LDC 28, BCD 41.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦwɨ̄mgV́

Meaning: hole

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ɦwǝ̄mgV

Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)āH

Burushaski: *hiŋ

Comments and references : NSC 54 *HamgV (with some confusion with *ʔaq_V), MCGD 12.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦwmēɦwā ( ~ -ǝ̄)

Meaning: water, wet

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ɦwmēɦwā ( ~ -ǝ̄)

Sino-Tibetan: *mŭjH ( ~ -ɨ̆-)

Burushaski: *mái

Comments and references : NSC 59 *HmEHwV. In Ch. cf. also 海 *s-mǝ̄ʔ `sea'; in Bur. - *u[m] `tear'?

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦwōmdV

Meaning: head, brain

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ɦwōmdV

Sino-Tibetan: *thō (~dh-,-ǝ̄w)

Burushaski: *-jáṭe