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North Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-North-Dravidian : *tund-
Meaning : to spill, pour
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kurukh : tundnā "to be poured out, spill, pour into"
Malto : tunde "to spill, shed, throw out as water"
Additional forms : Also KUR tundrnā to be poured out, be spilt; MLT tundg̣re to be spilt, be shed.
Number in DED : 3321
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *tund-
Meaning : to pour, spill
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-North Dravidian : *tund-
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *dVnV
Meaning: to melt, flow
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *dhen-
Kartvelian: *dn-
Dravidian: *tund- '?'
Comments: Cf. Aleut *tāŋa- 'drink'?
References: Bomhard 1994, 151; ND 543 *d[u]nV 'stream, flow'.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *dh[e]n(w)-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: to flow
Tokharian: A tsnā-ntär, pp. tsno 'flow', B tseñe 'river, stream, courant', tsnamo 'flowing' (PT *tsän-) (Adams 741, 744)
Old Indian: dadhánti `to cause to run or move quickly', dhanáyati `id., to move or run', dhanvati `to run or flow'; dhánutar- `running, moving quickly'
Latin: fōns, fontis m. `Quelle'
Russ. meaning: течь
References: WH
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 393
Root: dhen-1
English meaning: to run
German meaning: `laufen, rennen; fließen'
Material: Ai. dhanáyati `rennt, lauft, setzt in Bewegung', npers. danīdan `eilen, laufen', ai. dhánvati `rennt, lauft, fließt', apers. danuvatiy `fließt', ai. dhánutar- `rennend, fließend';

    messap. Flurname ardannoa (*ar-dhonu̯-ā) `die am Wasser gelegene' (?), apul. ON Ardaneae = Herdonia (Krahe Gl. 17, 102);

    lat. wahrscheinlich fōns, -tis `Quelle'; vielleicht Kreuzung des to-St. *fontos und ti-St. *fentis (*dhn̥-tí-);

    toch. АВ tsän `fließen', В tseńe `flot', tsnam `écoulement'.

References: WP. I 852, Couvreur BSL. 41, 165.
Pages: 249
PIE database: PIE database
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *dn-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: топить(ся), таять
English meaning: to drown, to melt
Georgian: dn-
Megrel: din-, dǝn-
Megrel meaning (Rus.): исчезать, терять(ся)
Megrel meaning (Eng.): to disappear, to lose
Svan: n-
Laz: ndin-, (n)dun-
Laz meaning (Rus.): исчезать, терять(ся)
Laz meaning (Eng.): to disappear, to lose
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 74, EWK 112. Ср. ПИЕ *dhen- 'течь, убегать' (IEW 249). Ср. Бомхард 1994, 151.
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