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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *van-i
Meaning : a k. of prickly tree
Tamil : van_n_i
Tamil meaning : Prosopia spicigera
Malayalam : vanni
Malayalam meaning : Prosopia spicigera
Kannada : banni
Kannada meaning : a prickly tree with an eatable pod, Prosopia spicigera Lin.; Acacia ferruginea
Number in DED : 5330
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-dednum,
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *van-i
Meaning : a k. of prickly tree
dravet-meaning,dravet-prnum,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *van-i
Meaning : Prosopia spicigera
Inscriptional Telugu : vani-mrānu
Number in DED : 5330
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_inscr,telet-dednum,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *ńajŋV
Meaning: a prickly tree
References: ND 1606 *ńAyŋ[i] 'coniferous tree'. 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: *yoin-
Meaning: juniper
Latin: iūniperus, gen. -ī f. `Wacholderstrauch'
Russ. meaning: дерево (можжевельник)
piet-prnum,piet-meaning,piet-germ,piet-lat,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *jainia-z, *jain=
Meaning: juniper
Old Norse: eini-r m. `Wacholder, Juniperus'
Norwegian: eone(r)
Swedish: ēn
Danish: ene(-ber)
Middle Low German: eyne-beren-holt
Low German: ēn-bere, ēn(e)ke; ein-beren-bōm, eyn-holt
Old High German: { einbere `Paris quadrifolia' }
Middle High German: { einbere `Paris quadrifolia' }
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 794
Root: i̯oi-ni-
English meaning: bulrush
German meaning: `Binse'
Material: Lat. iuncus `Binse' (*i̯oini-ko-s) gehört zu mir. aín `Binse' (*i̯oini-), Gen. aíne; über lat. iūniperus `Wacholderstrauch' s. WH. I 731, 870 und Leumann Gl. 27, 74; aisl. einir, schwed. en `Wacholder', ndd. ēn(e)ke ds. falls aus *jainia-, wodurch der Bedeutungswechsel Binse : Wacholder (s. oben) als alt gesichert würde. Doch ist dann bei mnd. eynholz und nhd. Einbeerbaum (aus aisl. eini-ber `Wacholderbeere') Einfluß von ein `ein' anzunehmen.
References: WP. I 208f., Kluge11 126.
Pages: 513
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *ŋi̯ā̀ŋe
Meaning: fir-tree
Russian meaning: пихта
Comments: АПиПЯЯ 81. A Tung.-Jpn. isogloss. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-tung,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ŋiāŋ-ta
Meaning: fir-tree
Russian meaning: пихта
Evenki: ŋāŋte
Even: ŋāŋtъ̣
Negidal: ŋāŋta
Literary Manchu: wantaχa
Ulcha: waŋta
Orok: waŋta / waŋịta
Nanai: waŋta, dial. ŋaŋta
Udighe: ŋaŋta
Comments: ТМС 1, 657-658. Southern languages show here a w-reflex, typical for *ŋ- before diphthongs and back vowels, so -ā- in the Northern subgroup must be secondary (a trace of it is perhaps preserved in the Tompon dialect of Even, where the recorded form is ńaŋta). tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-man,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-ude,tunget-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *mǝ̀mì (~-ua-)
Meaning: fir-tree
Russian meaning: пихта
Middle Japanese: mòmì
Tokyo: mómi
Kyoto: mómí
Kagoshima: momí
Comments: JLTT 484. The accent reconstruction is not quite certain: Kyoto and Kagoshima point aberrantly to a high tone, and both accents (mòmì and mómì are attested in RJ). japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 598
Proto: *näŋV
English meaning: larch
German meaning: Lärche; Larix sibirica
Komi (Zyrian): ńia (Ud. I), nia-pu (S), ńeja-pu (Lu.) 'Lärche; Larix sibirica'
Khanty (Ostyak): näŋk (V), nȧŋk (DN O) 'Lärchenbaum' ( > Mansi So. LO nāŋk)
Mansi (Vogul): ńik (KM P), ńiχjiw (KU) 'Lärchenbaum'
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