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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *köŋgen
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: light (not heavy)
Russian meaning: легкий (о весе)
Written Mongolian: köŋgen (L 489)
Middle Mongolian: küaŋgan (HY 52), koŋgen (HYT), konkɛn (IM), kunkän (MA), koŋgele- 'to lighten' (SH)
Khalkha: xöŋgen
Buriat: xüngen
Kalmuck: küŋgṇ, göŋgṇ
Ordos: köŋgön
Dongxian: kongen, gongen
Baoan: kuŋkaŋ
Dagur: xungen (Тод. Даг. 179), hungen (MD 166), xungēn
Shary-Yoghur: köŋgön
Monguor: koŋgwǝn (SM 214), kuŋgon
Comments: KW 138, 246, MGCD 375.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *k`ĕ̀ńó
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: light, thin
Russian meaning: легкий, тонкий
Turkic: *Keŋe-
Mongolian: *köŋgen
Tungus-Manchu: *xeńü-
Korean: *kắnắr-
Japanese: *kǝ̀má-
Comments: ОСНЯ 1, 350, Цинциус 1984, 103. Mong. has secondary labialization (*köŋgen < *keńö-gen); depalatalization in Kor. is not quite clear. Otherwise correspondences are regular.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *Keŋe-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: easy, convenient; shallow
Russian meaning: легкий, удобный; мелкий (о воде)
Karakhanid: keŋes (MK)
Middle Turkic: keŋes, keŋez (`Ali), keŋez (Houts.)
Chuvash: kanas 'спокойный, бесхлопотный'
Yakut: kenen 'простой, доверчивый, наивный'
Comments: EDT 734.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xeńü-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: light (not heavy)
Russian meaning: легкий (о весе)
Evenki: eńī-mkūn, eńum
Even: ejim
Negidal: eńimkun
Literary Manchu: eni-xun
Ulcha: xeńu
Orok: xeńu-mi
Nanai: xeńu
Oroch: xeńimi
Udighe: enimese` (Корм. 314)
Solon: enikkū̃
Comments: ТМС 2, 455-456.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *kắnắr-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: thin, fine
Russian meaning: тонкий, изящный
Modern Korean: kanɨl-
Middle Korean: kắnắr-
Comments: Nam 9, KED 5.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kǝ̀má-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: small, thin
Russian meaning: мелкий, тонкий
Middle Japanese: kòmáka-
Tokyo: komaká-i
Kyoto: kómákà-
Kagoshima: komaká-
Shuri: guma- 'small'
Yonakuni: gumá- 'small'
Comments: JLTT 455.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ḳeñV
Meaning: light
Indo-European: *ḱen-
Altaic: *k`èńo
Uralic: *kEnV (*keñV 'light' (Karjalainen JSFOu) )
References: МССНЯ 346, ОСНЯ 1, 349-350. ND 1088 *Ḳeǹ(y)u 'light, thin' (Ur. - Alt.); 1078 *ḲEn̄/ŋ[u] 'empty' (IE + Alt. *kĕ̀ŋi 'hollow, empty'?).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *k'enew-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: waste, vain
Armenian: sin `leer, eitel'
Old Greek: ep., ion., kypr., epid. keneó-, ep., ion. kẹ̄nó-, att. kenó- `leer, eitel'
Russ. meaning: пустой, тщеславный
References: WP I 390
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1811
Proto: *kEnV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: light
German meaning: leicht
Udmurt (Votyak): (kańi̮l 'angenehm, leicht' - rejected by Redei)
Komi (Zyrian): (kokńi 'leicht' - rejected by Redei)
Khanty (Ostyak): kö̆nǝɣ (J), kenǝ (DN), kon (O) 'leicht'
Mansi (Vogul): küńkē.ś (TJ), kiɣnǝ (KU), kinnǝ (P)
Hungarian: könnyű (altuntg. kenweb, dial. kinnêm kenyid, kinyid, könyi)
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