I am puzzled to find that English word tail is represented in Arabic by dhayl (the same exact meaning). Furthermore, Turkish yele (mane), yel (wind), yelle- (to fan) all probably come from *dhel . I know that non secondary y's come from an earlier dh, e.g. ayak < adhak, but I am not sure that dhel is attested, therefore I put an * on top.
The point is, tail, dhyal, and *dhel are very similar phonetically and semantically. My question is: is there a Nostratic root these words can be ascribed to?
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