DiACL | Lexeme

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Lexeme – Index

Language	Form	Meaning	Grammar	Note

Proto-Finnic	---	(grease)			Details
Proto-Finnic	---	(iron)		(Proto-Finno-Saamic)	Details
Proto-Finnic	---	(wheat)		Der. from sound symbolic Proto-Finnic form corresponding to e.g. Finnish nisä 'nipple'. Meaning connection lies in the comparison between the sweet, white milk and the mild, white cereal. (Häkkinen 2013)	Details
Proto-Finnic	---	(calf)		Fi. & Est. forms derived from earlier vasa, with the addition of a diminutive suffix.	Details
Proto-Finnic	---	(cattle, livestock)			Details
Proto-Finnic	---	(dog)			Details
Proto-Baltic	---	(goat)			Details
Proto-Baltic	---	(horse, stallion)		(cf. Lithuanian žìrgas, Latvian zirgs, Old Prussian sirgis)	Details
Proto-Finnic	---	(ox)			Details
Proto-Finnic	---	(pig, piglet)			Details
Proto-Finnic	---	(ram)			Details
Proto-Baltic	---	(ram)			Details
Sanskrit	*gāva-	ox			Details
Proto-Italic	*tauro-	bull (meaning taken from an associated Word List Item)		Etymology unclear. "The fact that Lat. taurus did not undergo metathesis like parvus and nervus suggests that it is a loanword" (Beekes, citing De Vaan). "There is no cognate in IIr. or Tocharian, whereas there are Semitic words for 'bull' which are conspicuously similar. Hence, it may have been an early loanword of the form *tauro- into the western IE languages" (De Vaan). , Further etymology uncertain: "the fact that Lat. taurus did not undergo metathesis like parvus and nervus suggests that …	Details
Icelandic	beyki	beech	n		Details
Faroese	bók	beech	f		Details
Norwegian (Bokmål)	bøk	beech	m.		Details
Middle French	fauchon	small scythe	m		Details
Punjabi	kukaṛā, kukkaṛ	cock, rooster			Details
Pa'o Karen	lə́t / lə́t	intensive white			Details

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