Sino-Caucasian etymology : Query result

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɫăw(x)qV́̄

Meaning: many

North Caucasian: *ɫăwqV̄ (/*-ăwqV̄ɫ)

Sino-Tibetan: *lŏk

Comments and references : LV Cb3, LDC 39.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɫäk_ā

Meaning: bone, leg-bone

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ɫäk_ā

Sino-Tibetan: *lVŋ

Comments and references : NSC 58 *ɫEkV. The PST form can be also derived from *ƛ̣_wVnʔV.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɫeʔwńɨ (~-ʡ-)

Meaning: skin

North Caucasian: *ɫĕʔwnɨ (~-ʡ-)

Sino-Tibetan: Tib. lwa-ba 'skin of wild animal'

Yenisseian: *dǝ̄ń- 'bast, willow bark' (?)

Comments and references : WFR 72, DCE 10 [Bengtson adds Chepang hlyu `to skin'].

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɫHémqV

Meaning: shame, fright

North Caucasian: *ɫHimq_V

Sino-Tibetan: *liǝ̄k

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɫHḗqwĂ

Meaning: a k. of bird

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *lHīq̇_wĂ / *lHīq_wĂ (~ ɫ-)

Sino-Tibetan: *lǝ̆k / *lǝ̆ŋ

Yenisseian: *dVʔG-

Comments and references : HGC 28, LV A16.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɫĭwŁĔ

Meaning: male (organ)

North Caucasian: *lĭwŁĔ / *ŁĭwlV̆ [rather *ɫ-]

Sino-Tibetan: *lĭk

Burushaski: *lei ( < *leli), *lal

Basque: *-lari / *-le

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[ɫ]ɨ̆ɦwV ~*ɦwɨ̆[ɫ]V

Meaning: river, water

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ɦwɨ̆lV (/*lɨ̆ɦwV)

Sino-Tibetan: *lujH

Basque: *hur

Comments and references : BCD 38. Differently in NSC 63. Probably also Basq *e=uli 'rain' (/h/ normally disappears after fossilized prefixes, in this case the [mass noun, uncountable] prefix *e= (~ *i=)..

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɫɨlHV

Meaning: boat

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *lij ( ~ ƛ)

Yenisseian: *dɨl- (~ʒ-)

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɫujsV

Meaning: long

North Caucasian: *lVjs_V ( ~ ɫ-,-cw-)

Sino-Tibetan: *lōj

Basque: *luse

Comments and references : (differently in BCD 32).

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɫVkVrV (/*rVkVɫV) ?

Meaning: to fall

North Caucasian: *=[a]rkVr

Sino-Tibetan: *k(h)rīl ( ~ -ɫ)

Yenisseian: *dǝ(ʔ)k- [rather *dǝq-]

Comments and references : WFR 112. A complicated root with liquid metatheses.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɫVḳwV́

Meaning: to recite

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *=ilḳwVn

Sino-Tibetan: *lōk (k-)

Burushaski: *-híliki-n-

Comments and references : NSC 58 *-lVḳwV.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɫV́qV ( ~ -G-)

Meaning: pool, wave

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: PL *laq:Iʷ (Lezg. leʁʷ etc.)

Sino-Tibetan: *klōk (~g-)

Yenisseian: *deʔG

Burushaski: *láquc

Comments and references : [PL...]

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɫV́xGwV

Meaning: to swallow

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *HVlG_wV(l)

Sino-Tibetan: *lɨ̆k

Yenisseian: *doʔq ( ~ -χ)

Burushaski: *lik

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʎălHV́

Meaning: arrow, harpoon

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ʎĂl(H)V

Sino-Tibetan: *lă (m-)

Yenisseian: *jēĺ (~ʔ-, x-)

Basque: *e=ɫhor̄i

Comments and references : HGC 32. Length in PY is irregular and may reflect a merger with some other root; cf. also: PST *ƛĭjH `bow, arrow'; PEC *ɦwăɦɫV ( ~ -l-) `arrow'.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʎáńā

Meaning: bottom

North Caucasian: *ʎ_anā ( ~ -ǝ-)

Sino-Tibetan: *[lj]ǝ̆ŋ

Burushaski: *táno

Comments and references : NSC 58 *ʎaŋV; differently in WFR 81.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʎä̆́[m]c̣V

Meaning: to filter; to drizzle

North Caucasian: *ʎ_ä̆[m]c̣V (/*ʎ_wä̆_c̣V)

Basque: *lance-r̄

Comments and references : Etymological comparison suggested by John Bengtson.

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʎĕɫħV