Sino-Caucasian etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʒwVnć(w)V

Meaning: snow, ice, frost

North Caucasian: *ʒwVnć(w)V

Basque: *i=soc

Comments and references : Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ǯăq̇wV

Meaning: small bird

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ǯăq̇wV

Sino-Tibetan: *ćĕkʷ

Yenisseian: *čukola ?

Comments and references : HGC 28.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ǯa[r]V

Meaning: pig, hog

North Caucasian: *ǯa[r]q̇V

Basque: *ser̄i

Comments and references : The separation of PEC *ǯa[r]-q̇V is a tentative hypothesis: possibly *ǯa[r]-q̇V represents an old compound, now truncated, such as *ǯarV-q̇ōmkā ‘young pig’ (see PEC *q̇ōmkā ‘calf’, Dargi q̇aqa, etc.). Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ǯä̆ǯV́

Meaning: meat

North Caucasian: *ǯä̆ǯV

Burushaski: *ćáća

Basque: *čiči

Comments and references : DCE 9.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ǯɦV̆mV

Meaning: bushes; a k. of fruit, berry

North Caucasian: *ǯɦŭmV

Sino-Tibetan: *ćōm (~ ʒ́-,-ū-)

Yenisseian: *[ǯ]a(ʔ)m-

Burushaski: *śumulū

Basque: *sumh-

Comments and references : WFR 89, MCGD 6. [The PEC compound *ǯɦŭmV-qHǖre seems to correspond to Bur. śuɣurí `pear', Bsq. *śagar̄ 'apple' (497), but details are not clear]

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ǯīlV

Meaning: pen, granary

North Caucasian: *ǯīlV ( ~ -ē-,-ā-,-ɫ-)

Basque: *si[l]i

Comments and references : MCGD 6 adds Bur. ʒ̣oóli `milk filter woven out of twigs' (?).

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ǯwĕ

Meaning: day (today, tomorrow)

North Caucasian: *ǯwĕ

Basque: *eci

Comments and references : E.g., Dargi Chiragh ža-ʕle ‘tomorrow’. The Bsq words denote 'day after tomorrow', 'three days hence', and (archaic BZK) 'four days hence'. Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: =ŏƛ̣V́

Meaning: upper part of body; handle

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *bŭƛ̣V ( ~ w-)

Yenisseian: *ʔuĺ- (~x-) (also *d-uĺ-)

Burushaski: *bal-, *-wálda

Basque: *-ba[r]da

Comments and references : ? Cf. PST *l[e]ŋ `handle'. [DCE 3 compares Bur. -walda with PC *boLo `neck' which is also not excluded].

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: =V́mƛV

Meaning: night, evening

North Caucasian: *rVmƛ_Ă

Basque: *barda < *b=arda

Comments and references : PNC *rVmƛ_Ă (*r=Vmƛ_Ă) and Bsq *barda (< *b=arda) represent the same stem with different class prefixes Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

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