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Eurasiatic: *HVlV
Meaning: light, shine
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *(H)al- 'flame, burn'
Altaic: ? Ewn. ilān 'moon'
Uralic: *jelä
Kartvelian: *(h)el-
Dravidian: *el-
Eskimo-Aleut: *ǝlǝ-ɣ-
Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *hъlhъ 'sun' (also *ilɣǝ- white, brilliant'?)
References: ОСНЯ 1, 276, 281-282, МССНЯ 362; ND 127 *ʕ[a]lV 'burn' (esp. sacrifices), adding also Sem. *ʕlw 'burn a sacrifice', but strangely mixing the root with *HalV 'be angry; act perversely'; 768 *hAlV 'to shine; bright', 768a *hiLV 'new heavenly light'; 2630 *yel(ay)V 'to shine, light' (with a great deal of confusion). Cf. *ŋwVlV.
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