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Gondi etymology :
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Proto-Gondi : *mīn
Meaning : fish
Betul Gondi : mīn
Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : mīn
Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : mīn
Muria Gondi : mīn
Adilabad Gondi : mīn
Number in DED : 4885
Number in CVOTGD : 2852
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Gondwan etymology :
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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *mīn
Meaning : fish
Notes : In PPM probably shortening by analogy with plural *min-k- < *mīn-k-.
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Konda etymology :
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Konda : mīn (pl. mīnga)
Meaning: fish (BB)
Number in DED : 4885
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Pengo-Manda etymology :
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Proto-Pengo-Manda : *min
Meaning : fish
Pengo : min (pl. -ku)
Manda : min (pl. -ke)
Number in DED : 4885
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :
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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *mīn-u
Meaning : fish
Kui : mīnu (pl. mīnga)
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : mīnu (pl. mrīka)
Kuwi (Schulze) : mīnu (pl. mīnka)
Sunkarametta Kuwi : mīnu (pl. mnīka)
Parja Kuwi : mīnu (pl. mnīka)
Kuwi (Israel) : mīnu/mṇīnu (pl. mṇīka)
Notes : Kuwi_Isr mṇīnu by analogy with the plural form.
Number in DED : 4885
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *mīn-
Meaning : fish
Proto-South Dravidian: *mīn Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *mīn- Proto-North Dravidian : *mīn- Notes : In NDR *mūn- would be expected, as in *mī-nǯ- 'to wash' > *mūnǯ-; maybe the actual form in Malto is an Indo-Aryan reborrowing.
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *mīn
Meaning : fish
Tamil : mīn_
Tamil meaning : fish
Malayalam : mīn
Malayalam meaning : fish
Kannada : mīn
Kannada meaning : fish
Kodagu : mīnɨ
Kodagu meaning : fish
Tulu : mīnụ
Tulu meaning : fish
Number in DED : 4885
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Nilgiri etymology :
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Proto-Nilgiri : *mīn
Meaning : fish
Kota : mīn
Toda : mīn
Number in DED : 4885
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *mīn-
Meaning : fish
Telugu : mīnu
Number in DED : 4885
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :
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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *mīn-
Meaning : fish
Parji : mīni (pl. mīnul)
Ollari Gadba : mīn (pl. mīnil)
Number in DED : 4885
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North Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-North-Dravidian : *mīn-
Meaning : fish
Malto : mīnu
Number in DED : 4885
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *mVnV
Meaning: fish
Uralic: Saam. māńńi (Coll.)
References: ND 1424 *mEn̄i 'fish' ( + Berb.). Cf. ST *mān. nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-drav,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *menǝ(w)-
Meaning: a k. of fish
Old Indian: mīna- m. `fish' (MInd. deriv. from *minya-)
Old Greek: mái̯nǟ f., mai̯nís, -ídos f. N. eines kleinen heringähnlichen Fisches, `Maena vulgaris'
Russ. meaning: рыба (вид)
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: мень,
Near etymology: род. п. ме́ня́ "налим", диал. мен, ум. менёк, далее мёнух, ментю́к -- то же, севск.; укр. мень, род. п. ме́ня, мнюх, менту́с, блр. мень, род. п. мня, ме́ня, менту́з, словен. menǝ̀k, род. п. -nká, чеш. meň, mník, слвц. mieň, польск. mientus, miętus, в.-луж. mjeńk, н.-луж. mjenk.
Further etymology: Праслав. *mьnь родственно лит. ménkė "треска", лтш. mеnса, англ. minnow "мелкая рыба; гольян; мелюзга", др.-англ. mуnе, ср.-нж.-нем. möne, нидерл. meun, д.-в.-н. muniwa, греч. μαίνη, μαινίς, μαινίδιον "окунь", др.-ирл. menb "маленький, ничтожный"; см. Сольмсен, KZ 37, 585 и сл.; Beitr. 123; Уленбек, Aind. Wb. 367; РВВ, 29, 334 и сл.; Клюге-Гётце 403; Хольтхаузен, Aengl.
Wb. 228. Неясно взаимоотношение с др.-инд. mīnas "какая-то рыба"; см. Уленбек, Aind. Wb. 225, 367; Шарпантье, KZ 47, 181.
Trubachev's comments: [Голуб--Копечный (227) указывают на более непосредственную связь с ме́ньший, ме́нее: мень -- "более мелкая рыба". -- Т.]
Pages: 2,599
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *men̂-k-ā̂, -iā̃ (1) f., -ia- (1) c.
Meaning: a k. of fish
Lithuanian: ménkē `Dorsch'
Lettish: męñca, dial. meñce, meñcis, męñcs `Dorsch'
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *munjōn, *muniwō
Meaning: a fish
Old English: myne m. `capito', `mena'
English: minnow `Leuciscus phoxinus'
East Frisian: Fris meun, mune Erlitze (гольян)
Dutch: meun m. `Erlitze (гольян)'
Middle Low German: mone, mome `Erlitze (гольян)'
Old High German: { muniwa `capedo' }
German: { Münne, Möhn }, dial. mene, möne, mine `Erlitze (гольян)'
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1288
Root: meni-
English meaning: a k. of fish
German meaning: `Fischname'?
Material: Gr. μαίνη (daraus lat. maena), μαινίς `ein kleiner Seefisch', slav. *mъnь, russ. menь usw. `Aalraupe'; aber ai. mīná- m. `Fisch' (wovon māiniká-, māinalá- `Fischer') ist dravid. Herkunft; vielleicht hierher ahd. muniwa, ags. myne, engl. minnow `Elritze, ein Fisch'.
References: WP. II 267 f.;
See also: gehört wohl zu men-4.
Pages: 731
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *mańu(k`V)
Meaning: a k. of fish
Russian meaning: вид рыбы
Comments: Cf. also Kalm. manǯǝ(g) zaɣǝsn 'Plötze; Kaulbarsch' (KW 255, 256); WMong. montuwqai, Khalkha montōxoi 'a k. of fish', maj 'herring'. Like in many other fish names, there are phonetic problems, probably due to interdialectal borrowing. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *bańak-
Meaning: white-fish
Russian meaning: сиг
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *munig
Meaning: bleak, ablet
Russian meaning: уклейка
Written Mongolian: muniɣ
Khalkha: munig
Kalmuck: mūńǝg
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *māńgu / *mańma
Meaning: 1 Salmo Lenoc 2 trout 3 crucian 4 whitebaits
Russian meaning: 1 ленок 2 форель 3 карась 4 снетки
Evenki: mājgu 1, majma / manma 2
Even: mönke 2
Negidal: manma 2
Literary Manchu: marma nisiχa 2; moŋgošun 3; muŋku 4
Nanai: menekse 'назв. рыбы'
Udighe: mojo`u, mejeu 1 (Корм. 261) Comments: ТМС 1, 521-522, 545, 548. TM > Mong. marma (see Doerfer MT 91); > Russ. maĺma (see Аникин 371). tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-man,tunget-nan,tunget-ude,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *mǝ̀ijùkí
Meaning: trout; (KED) catfish, wels, horned-pout Russian meaning: форель
Modern Korean: megi
Middle Korean: mǝ̀ijùkí
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *mùná(n)kí
Meaning: eel
Russian meaning: угорь
Old Japanese: munagji
Middle Japanese: mùnágí
Tokyo: ùnagi
Kyoto: ùnàgí
Kagoshima: unagí
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