Sino-Caucasian etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *stV́ŋV ( ~ sṭ-)

Meaning: to wind, wrap

Yenisseian: *tiʔŋ

Comments and references : In HGC 37 compared with PEC *ʔilcVn- which is now (NCED) reconstructed as *=īrcVl. *=īlcVn is still possible if we suppose an assimilation in PL *ʔilcal < *ʔilcan.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *stwā́kV̄

Meaning: a k. of shoe

North Caucasian: *c_wākV (*c_wāqV?)

Sino-Tibetan: OC 舄 *siak `shoe, slipper'

Yenisseian: *tǝ̄k- (~c-,č-)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *śṭapV̄́

Meaning: ring, circle

North Caucasian: *c̣ăpV

Sino-Tibetan: *cuāp ( ~ ć-)

Yenisseian: *tap-

Comments and references : HGC 32.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *sṭárV ( ~ sd, -l-)

Meaning: fresh

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *chăr

Yenisseian: *tul- ( ~ -r-)

Comments and references : Differently in NSC 52.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *sṭHweḳĔ́ ( ~ -k-)

Meaning: chaff

North Caucasian: *c̣HweḳĔ ( ~ -k-)

Sino-Tibetan: *sŏk

Yenisseian: *TVKV

Basque: *a=hoc

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *sṭɨq̇V́ ( ~ -i-)

Meaning: sharp; to scrape

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *c̣ǝq̇V ( ~ -ŏ-,-ĕ-)

Sino-Tibetan: *chīkʷ

Yenisseian: *t[i](ʔ)qǝǯ-

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *suHV́

Meaning: fly (n.), mosquito

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *sŭ ( ~ ś-)

Yenisseian: *suj

Comments and references : Also ND *źā̀ʔ 'louse'?

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *sV (*sV́-jV)

Meaning: interrogative stem

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *s_āj

Sino-Tibetan: *su (~-o(w))

Yenisseian: *ʔa(ʔ)s- / *sV(ʔ)-

Burushaski: *-sa- / *-se

Basque: *se, *se-r

Comments and references : HGC 23, MCGD 10-11, BCD 32. PY may also correspond to PNC *š_i.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *SV(n)SV

Meaning: a kind of bird

North Caucasian: *šVnšV / *čVnčV (~ -l-)

Basque: *soso / *šošo

Comments and references : Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *sV́nV ( ~ *c̣-, *ʒ-)

Meaning: shaman, devil

Sino-Tibetan: *săn

Yenisseian: *seʔnVŋ

Comments and references : HGC 34.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *śVŋV́

Meaning: blue, green

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *śīnV

Sino-Tibetan: *chēŋ

Yenisseian: *so(ʔ)n-

Burushaski: *diŋ

Comments and references : HGC 19, WFR 76.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *sV́QV̆

Meaning: to live, breathe

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *săk

Yenisseian: *dǝʔq-

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *sVŕV́

Meaning: yellow, grey

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *sV̆rV

Yenisseian: *su(ʔ)ŕ-

Basque: *suri

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *sVwV́rV

Meaning: odorous grass

North Caucasian: *sɨwirV

Sino-Tibetan: *sōr

Basque: *isor̄o

Comments and references : Different in HGC 29, WFR 46.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *śwắjHV ~ *jHắśwV

Meaning: last year

North Caucasian: *ś_wăjV

Basque: *ihas

Comments and references : Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *św[ä́]mxq̇ī

Meaning: paint, ink; gum

North Caucasian: *śwänq̇_ī

Sino-Tibetan: *mǝ̄ŋ / mǝ̄k (s-)

Yenisseian: *su(ʔ)K

Burushaski: *śukór / *ṣuqór

Comments and references : HGC 33, NSC 61 *śwVnq̇V, LV B28. Shortness in Ket śuk probably signifies -ʔ- (otherwise *śūk would be recorded).

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *swä́nʔV (~-ʡ-)

Meaning: lamb, kid

North Caucasian: *s_wänʔV (~-ʡ-)

Burushaski: *du[m]

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *śwǟdV́

Meaning: stone; stone marker

North Caucasian: *śwǟdV ( /-ṭ-)

Basque: *sede

Comments and references : The root PSC meaning was ‘stone as marker’ (of boundary or grave), extended to any limit or goal, material or moral, in Bsq. Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *śwénḳV

Meaning: mouth, face

North Caucasian: *świnḳ_V

Yenisseian: *saʔgVl- (~-k-)

Burushaski: *-́skil

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *swĕ́nV

Meaning: mountain

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *s_wĕnV

Sino-Tibetan: *s(r)ān

Burushaski: *dan