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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *wana-; *wanēn
Meaning: lacking, deficirnt
Gothic: wan-s (a) `lacking, deficient'; wan n. (a) `lack'
Old Norse: van-r `ermangelnd'
Swedish: van `ermangelnd'
Old Danish: van `ermangelnd'
Old English: wana, -an m. `want, lack, absence', wan `wanting, absent', wana `wanting, lacking, absent; wanting, destitute of, without smth.; wanting, not complete, deficient'
English: want
Old Frisian: wan `lacking'
Old Saxon: wan `lacking'
Middle Dutch: wan `ledig, gebrekkig, slecht'; wan n. `gebrek, mankement'
Dutch: wan-; wan `lek, lekkage; lege ruimte in een ton door het krimpen van de inhoud'
Old High German: wan `lacking'
Middle High German: wan 'nicht voll od. das volle mass nicht haltend, leer; unerfüllt, erfolglos'
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *(e)wAn-, *wān-
Meaning: empty
Old Indian: ūná- `wanting, deficient, defective'
Avestan: ū̆na- `unzureichend, ermangelnd'
Other Iranian: NPers vang leer, arm, Pāmird. vanao Leerheit, Eitelkeit
Armenian: unain `leer'
Old Greek: êu̯ni-, acc. -n, gen. -ios/-idos, pl. -ides (Hdn. Gr.) 'reft of, bereaved of' om.+H
Latin: vānus, -a `leer, gelichtet (von der Schlachtreihe); taub; eitel, nichtig'
Russ. meaning: пустой
References: WP I 108 f
piet-prnum,piet-meaning,piet-ind,piet-avest,piet-iran,piet-arm,piet-greek,piet-germ,piet-lat,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *HVwV
Meaning: to be hungry, deficient
References: ND 1899 *qäw[h]V 'lack, be empty/incomplete' (IE, Kartv + Sem.). nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-kart,nostret-reference,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *i̯ùbú
Meaning: to be hungry, exhausted
Russian meaning: быть голодным, истощенным
Comments: Ozawa 184-185. Korean has a "verbal" low tone. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *öje-
Meaning: to be hungry, voracious
Russian meaning: быть голодным, прожорливым
Middle Mongolian: ojese- (SH) 1 monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-mmo,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *(x)ob-
Meaning: 1 to become spoiled (of meat) 2 to get tired, exhausted 3 to get poor
Russian meaning: 1 портиться (о мясе) 2 уставать, изнемогать 3 беднеть
Evenki: obdo- 1
Even: obdъ̣- 2
Negidal: obolo- 3
Literary Manchu: uba- 1, obdoqo jali 'spoiled, tasteless meat'
tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-man,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *īb-, *ìbúr-
Meaning: to wither, dry up, decline, decay
Russian meaning: вянуть, засыхать, ухудшаться, иссякать
Modern Korean: iul-
Middle Korean: īp- (īw-), ìwɨ̀r-, ì'úr-, ì'ór-
Comments: Nam 401, 403, 407, KED 1335. koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *ùwá-
Meaning: to be hungry
Russian meaning: голодать
Old Japanese: uwa-
Middle Japanese: ùwá-
Tokyo: ué-
Kyoto: ùè-
Kagoshima: ué-
Comments: JLTT 777. Accent in Kagoshima is irregular, but all other dialects and RJ point to *ùwá-. japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *qw-
Russian meaning: отбирать, удалять
English meaning: to select, to eliminate
Georgian: Old Georg. qw-, qw-eb-
Laz: (p)xv-, (p)x-up-
Laz meaning (Rus.): выбрасывать, сбрасывать
Laz meaning (Eng.): to throw away, off
Notes and references: EWK 563-564.
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