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Proto-Altaic: *ǯiŕe

Meaning: metal; anvil

Russian meaning: металл; наковальня

Turkic: *jEŕ

Tungus-Manchu: *ǯirA

Comments: Лексика 405. A Turk.-Tung. isogloss; phonetically satisfactory, but not devoid of semantic problems ("metal" in PT vs. "tool for working metal" in PTM).

 

 

 

 

Proto-Altaic: *ši̯ṓča

Meaning: a k. of metal

Russian meaning: вид металла

Turkic: *siāč

Mongolian: *čas

Tungus-Manchu: *šušu

Comments: Лексика 406. A Western isogloss. Mong. and TM have an assimilation (Mong. *sač > *čač > *čas, TM *šusu > *šušu), usual in roots of this type.

 

 

 

 

Proto-Altaic: *zejĺu

Meaning: metal

Russian meaning: металл

Turkic: *jElme-

Mongolian: *seleme

Tungus-Manchu: *sele

Korean: *sói

Japanese: *sunsu

Comments: KW 323, Poppe 29 (Mong.-Tung.), Лексика 412, Whitman 1985, 188, 234 (Kor.-Jpn.). In Turkic -lm- reflects *-ĺm- ("Helimski's rule"). *-j- has to be reconstructed to account for the loss of -ĺ- in Kor. This is the only root pertaining to metal terminology that can be reconstructed for PA, and it is not quite clear what metal was meant (perhaps meteorite iron - it is highly dubious that the speakers of PA possessed any kind of developed metallurgy). Note that in the Turko-Mong. area the metal name as such was lost and preserved only within the name of iron objects (sabre, armour).