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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *t`ḕŋà
Meaning: lowland
Russian meaning: равнина, низина
Comments: Turk. *deŋgiŕ 'sea' (ЭСТЯ 3, 194-195; > Mong. teŋgis, see Clark 1980, 39) may also belong here (with a secondary voicing). See SKE 280, EAS 145. Cf. *t`i̯oŋe 'air or water space'. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-tung,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *tEŋ
Meaning: 1 pool 2 big river
Russian meaning: 1 пруд 2 большая река
Karakhanid: (?) teŋ (MK) 1 Turkish: (Osm.) ten 2
Middle Turkic: tin 2 (R.)
Comments: VEWT 473, EDT 512. Chag. > Kalm. teŋ 'Don'. turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-chg,turcet-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *tēŋ-
Meaning: 1 plain, lowland 2 low bank 3 pool 4 wide lake
Russian meaning: 1 равнина 2 низкий берег 3 лужа 4 широкое озеро
Evenki: tēn 1, teŋkī 1
Even: teŋkъ 'forest'
Negidal: teŋ 2
Literary Manchu: teŋgin 4
Orok: teŋesi 'mountain pass'
Nanai: tēŋki 3
Oroch: teŋki 3
Comments: ТМС 2, 235, 236. Evk. > Dolg. tēn 'plain' (Stachowski 221). tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-man,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-orc,tunget-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *tànì
Meaning: valley
Russian meaning: долина
Old Japanese: tani
Middle Japanese: tànì
Tokyo: taní
Kyoto: tánì
Kagoshima: taní
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *ṭVŋV
Meaning: moisture, wet land
Kartvelian: Georg. ṭen- 'humidity'
References: ND 2385 *ṭAŋ/ǹV 'moisture' (+ dub. Drav. + EChad. Ke); 2385a *ṭeŋ[U] 'large body of water' (Alt. + sparse SH). nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-kart,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *teng(')-
Meaning: to wet
Old Greek: téŋgō, aor. téŋksai̯, pass. teŋkhthē̂nai̯, va. teŋktó- `benetzen, befeuchten, benetzend ausgiessen, erweichen'; téŋksi-s f. `das Befeuchten'
Latin: tingō, -ere, tīnxī, tīnctum `benetzen, tränken, eintauchen; färben; ausstatten, versehen'
Russ. meaning: мочить
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *ɵunkōn-
Meaning: wet, dye
Old High German: thunkōn `färben, eintauchen' (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: tunken, dunken wk. `tunken, (ein)tauchen'
German: tunken (макать)
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1988
Root: teng-1
English meaning: to soak, wet
German meaning: `benetzen, anfeuchten'
Material: Gr. τέγγω `benetze, befeuchte'; lat. tingō (älter tinguō, das nach unguō : unxi für älteres *tengō eingetreten ist), -ere, -nxi, -nctum `benetzen, anfeuchten; färben'; ahd. thunkōn, dunkōn `tunken'; schweiz. tink `feucht'.
References: WP. I 726, WH. II 684.
Pages: 1067
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