Cognate Set 1846 – Meaning: back

IE-CoR reference form:
nùgara
IE-CoR reference language:
East Baltic
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
No certain etymology outside of East Baltic (cf. ALEW 714, Smoczyński 2007:429).
Found in clades:
Baltic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 3 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
76   Lithuanian nùgara ˈnʊɡɐrɐ ˈnʊɡara
74   Latvian mugura ˈmuɡurɑ muɡurɑ etymology very uncertain
75   Latgalian mugora ˈmuɡɔra muɡɔra
References
  • Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 714
    S.v. OLith. nùgara 'Rücken', the word is not to be separated from Latv. mugura 'Rücken', which is also found as mugara. The sound-correspondence Lith. n ~ Latv. m is irregular, and the origins of the lexemes remain unclear.
  • Smoczyński, Wojciech: 429
    S.v. Lith. nùgara 'grzbiet, plecy'. No etymology.