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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *kunk-a- adj.
Meaning: brown
Old Prussian: cucan [Bezzenberger corrected it to *cûcan, i. e. *cuncan ] `braun' V. 465
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *kAnǝk-, *knāk-
Meaning: golden, brownish
Old Indian: kañc-, kāñc- 'to shine'; kañcāra- m. `sun'; kāñcana- n. `gold'
Old Greek: knǟ̂ko-s f. `Saflor, Carthamus tinctorius'; knǟkó- `gelblich, saflorfarben'
Russ. meaning: золотистый, коричневатый
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *xuna(n)gá-n, *xanaga-n, -z
Meaning: honey
Old Norse: hunang n. `Hönig'
Norwegian: huning
Swedish: honung, honing
Old Danish: honni(n)g
Old English: hunig, -es n. `honey'
English: honey
Old Saxon: honeg, huneg, hanig m., n.?
Middle Dutch: hōnich, hōninc, huenic
Dutch: honig, honing m.
Old Franconian: honog
Middle Low German: hōnich, honnich
Old High German: honag, hineg (8.Jh.), honig (9.Jh.), honang (Notker)
Middle High German: honec, honic, hönic, hünic (-g-) st. n. 'honig'
German: Honig m.
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 910
Root: kenǝkó-
English meaning: gold; honey
German meaning: `honiggelb, goldgelb'
General comments: (mit unklaren Ablautverhältnissen)
Material: Ai. kāñcana- `golden', m. `Name einer Pflanze', kāñcana- n. `Gold'; gr. κνηκός, dor. κνᾱκός `gelblich, saflorfarben', κνη̃κος `Saflor';
lat. canicae `Kleie';
aisl. hunang, aschwed. hunagh n., ags. hunig, as. honig, ahd. honag, honang `Honig' (nach der Farbe benannt; Grundf. wohl germ. *hunaga-, woraus finn. hunaja; das teilweise vor g auftretende n beruht auf Nasalierung des Vokals durch das vorhergehende n und unterstützendem Einflusse des germ. Suffixes -ung-, -ing-);
apr. cucan `braun' (l. cũcan, d. i. cuncan; u ist balt. Entw. aus reduz. Vokal in zweisilbigen Basen);
über ai. kánaka- n. `Gold' s. Kuiper, Proto-Munda 30 f.;
gall. caneco-sedlon kaum als `goldener Sessel' hierher, auch nicht zu mir. canach `Sumpfgras' (: cymr. pân ds.);
References: WP. I 400, Vendryes RC 47, 200 f., H. Lewis Ét. Celt. 1, 320 f.
Pages: 564-565
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