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Proto-Uralic · reconstructed language

*pire

noun

Meaning

  1. circle

Etymology / origin

Sometimes compared with Proto-Mongolic *hergi- (“to go round”), whence Mongolian эргэх (ergex, “to turn”), Buryat эрьехэ (erʹjexe), эрьелдэхэ (erʹjeldexe), Kalmyk эргх (ergx, “to spin, go round”); Evenki хэркэми (hərkəmi, “to tie, bind together”), Manchu ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡳ (hergi, “to wind”); Proto-Indo-European *péri, whence Sanskrit परि (pari), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌 (paⁱri), Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around”).

  1. περί(Ancient Greek)→
  2. 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌(ae)→
  3. परि(Sanskrit)→
  4. *per-(ine-pro)→
  5. ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡳ(mnc)→
  6. хэркэми(evn)→
  7. эргх(xal)→
  8. эрьехэ(bua)→
  9. эргэх(Mongolian)→
  10. *hergi-(xgn-pro)→
  11. pire (Proto-Uralic)
  12. Relations: cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog

Related words

*hergi-(xgn-pro)эргэх(Mongolian)эрьехэ(bua)эргх(xal)хэркэми(evn)ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡳ(mnc)*per-(ine-pro)परि(Sanskrit)𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌(ae)περί(Ancient Greek)

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