Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *sönü-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: fade, extinguish, be ended

Russian meaning: пропадать, гаснуть, кончаться

Written Mongolian: sönü- (L 732)

Middle Mongolian: sunǝ- (MA), süno'e- (tr.) (SH)

Khalkha: sönö-

Buriat: hüne-

Kalmuck: sön-

Monguor: sunō- (SM 361), (MGCD sunē-)

Comments: KW 333, MGCD 609.

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *si̯ū́ni

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: fade, extinguish

Russian meaning: пропадать, гаснуть

Turkic: *sȫn-

Mongolian: *sönü-

Tungus-Manchu: *sī- ( ~ -ǖ-)

Japanese: *sín-

Comments: EAS 71, KW 333, Poppe 30, 70, Ozawa 231-232, АПиПЯЯ 72, 274. Mong. is hardly < Turk., despite Щербак 1997, 147.

Turkic etymology :

Proto-Turkic: *sȫn-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to fade, disappear

Russian meaning: пропадать, гаснуть

Old Turkic: sön- (OUygh.)

Karakhanid: sön- (MK)

Turkish: sön-

Tatar: sün-

Middle Turkic: sön- (IM, Abush.)

Azerbaidzhan: sön-

Turkmen: sȫn-

Chuvash: sün-

Kazakh: sön-

Noghai: sön-

Bashkir: hün-

Karaim: sön-

Karakalpak: sön-

Kumyk: sön-

Comments: EDT 834, VEWT 430, ЭСТЯ 7. The Chag. and Old Osm. form söjün- id. is not quite clear ( and may suggest PT *sȫjn-). Turk. > Hung. szűn-ik- 'to weaken', see Gombocz 1912.

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sī- ( ~ -ǖ-)

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: extinguish

Russian meaning: гасить, гаснуть

Evenki: sī-

Even: hī-w-

Negidal: sī-w-

Oroch: sī-wi-

Solon: š́ī-gū-

Comments: ТМС 2, 73.

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *sín-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: die

Russian meaning: умирать

Old Japanese: sin-

Middle Japanese: sín-

Tokyo: shìn-

Kyoto: shín-

Kagoshima: shín-

Nase: šìn-

Shuri: šìn-

Hateruma: sɨ_̀n_-

Yonakuni: ǹní-

Comments: JLTT 752.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *sun(d)V ( ~ š-)

Meaning: to dry up, extinguish

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *swendh-

Altaic: ? *si̯ū́ni

Dravidian: *Cunḍ-

References: МССНЯ 367; ND 2079 *s̄un̄E 'to disappear, finish' (Turk., Mong., Jap. + Drav., IE + ?Sem.); 2084 *SundV 'dry up' (IE+Drav).

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *swendh-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to disappear

Armenian: khandem `zerstöre, vernichte'

Slavic: *svę̄(d)nǭtī

Germanic: *swind-a- vb., *swand-ia- vb.

Russ. meaning: исчезать

References: WP II 526

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *swindan-, *swandian-

Meaning: desappear

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old English: swindan `abnehmen, schwinden'

Old Saxon: farswindan

Old Franconian: far-swindan `verschwinden'

Old High German: swintan 'abmagern, welken, bewusstlos werden' (um 800); swintilōn 'in Ohnmacht fallen, Schwindel empfinden' (um 800); firswenten (um 1000)

Middle High German: swinden st. 'abnehmen, vergehen, abmagern, welken, bewusstlos werden'; swindel st. m. 'Schwindel'; swɛnden wk. 'schwinden machen; ausreuten, bes. das ubnterholz eines waldes'

German: schwinden, schwindeln, verschwenden

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 1935

Root: (s)u̯endh-

English meaning: to disappear

German meaning: `schwinden'?

Material: Ahd. swintan `schwinden, abmagern, welken, bewußtlos werden', as. far-swindan `verschwinden', ags. swindan `abnehmen, schwinden', Kaus. mhd. swenden `schwinden machen, ausreuten', nhd. verschwenden dial. `durch Verbrennen des Grases urbar machen', ahd. swintilōn, nhd. schwindeln; ablaut. nhd. Schwund; aksl. uvędati `welken', ablaut. ksl. ǫditi `räuchen';

    vgl. air. a-sennad Adv. `denique, postremo' (*su̯endh-no-?);

    ob germ. swindan zu swīnan `schwinden' (s. su̯ī-) gehört und erst durch Entgleisung in die e-Reihe übergetreten ist?

References: WP. II 526, Vasmer 1, 245.

Pages: 1047

PIE database: PIE database

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *Cunḍ-

Meaning : to evaporate

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *sunḍ-

Proto-Telugu : *cunḍ-

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *sunḍ-

Meaning : to evaporate

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cuṇṭu (cuṇṭi-)

Tamil meaning : to dry up, be evaporated by heat; boil (tr.), stew, simmer; n. sediment, that which adheres to a pot when boiling

Kannada : suṇḍu

Kannada meaning : to evaporate

Kannada derivates : suṇḍisu to make evaporate, reduce in boiling

Proto-Nilgiri : *Sund_-

Number in DED : 2662

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *Sund_-

Meaning : to boil away (intr.); ? to starve oneself for one's children's sake

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : cund_- (cund_y-)

Number in DED : 2662

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *cunḍ-

Meaning : to be evaporated or dried up

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : cuṇḍu

Number in DED : 2662

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : CVNTV

Meaning : extinguish

Eurasiatic : *sun(d)V ( ~ ś-, š-) extinguish

Sino-Caucasian : ? ST *cĭnH exhaust, be at an end

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