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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 855
Proto: *pEnV
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English meaning: fir tree
German meaning: Fichte
Mari (Cheremis): piń (Szil.) 'zum Pflanzen gelassene Fichte', пӹн (KB) 'сосна'
Udmurt (Votyak): pumeĺ (URS) 'побег, молодое дерево' ?
Komi (Zyrian): pone̮ĺ (S), po̯mo̯ĺ (I), ponu.ĺ (P) 'junge Fichte, kleiner Nadelbaum, Wacholder'
Hungarian: fenyő 'Tanne, Fichte; pinus, abies'
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *pVnV
Meaning: piece of wood
Indo-European: *pin-
Uralic: *pEnV
Kartvelian: Georg. pin- 'dicke Stange, Barre, Balken'
Dravidian: *pon-
References: ND 1732 *ṗ[i]nV 'piece of wood, trunk' (+ some Berb. and Eg.?).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *pin-
Meaning: stake, stub, board
Old Indian: pínāka- m. n. `staff, bow; trident or three-pronged spear'
Old Greek: pínak-s, -akos m. `hölzernes Brett, Teller, Schreibtafel, öffentlicges Verzeichnis, Karte, Gemälde'
Slavic: *pьnjь
Russ. meaning: кол, пень, доска
References: WP II 71
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: пень
Near etymology: I, род. п. пня, укр. пень, др.-русск., цслав. пьнь, болг. пън (Младенов 538), сербохорв. па̑њ, род. п. па́ња "ствол дерева", словен. ра̑nj, род. п. ра̑njа, раnjа̑, чеш., слвц. реň, польск. рiеń, в.-луж. рjеńk "палка", н.-луж. р́еńk, р́еń, род. п. рńа.
Further etymology: Родственно др.-инд. pínākam ср. р. "посох, палка, дубина", греч. πίναξ, -ακος м. "доска", д.-в.-н. witu-fînа ж. "куча дров", ср.-нж.-нем. vînе -- то же; см. Уленбек, Aind. Wb. 166; Лиден, FUF 12, 88 и сл.; Фик I, 482; Гофман, Gr. Wb. 270; Буазак 785.
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1521
Root: pi-n-
English meaning: a piece of wood
German meaning: `Holzstück'
Material: Ai. pínakā-m `Stab, Stock, Keule'; gr. πίναξ, -ακος `Sparre, Balken, Brett, Schreibtafel, Gemalde'; ahd. witu-fîna f., mnd. vîne `Holzhaufen'; aksl. pьnь m., serb. pânj usw. `Baumstamm, -strunk'.
References: WP. II 71; Vasmer 2, 335;
See also: wohl zu spei- `spitz, spitzes Holzstück'.
Pages: 830
PIE database: PIE database
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *pon-
Meaning : mast-wood
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *pUn-ai
Proto-Telugu : *ponn-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *pUn-ai
Meaning : mast-wood
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : pun_n_ai, pin_n_ai
Tamil meaning : mast-wood, Calophyllum inophyllum
Tamil derivates : pun_ku Malabar poon, Calophyllum tomentosum (also kāṭṭu-ppun_n_ai)
Malayalam : punna
Malayalam meaning : Calophyllum inophyllum; Rottlera tinctoria
Kannada : punnike, ponne, honne
Kannada meaning : Terminalia tomentosa W. & A.
Kannada derivates : honneya mara id.; Rottlera tinctoria Roxb.; sura-honne R. tinctoria; Alexandrian laurel, Calophyllum inophyllum Lin.
Tulu : ponnè
Tulu meaning : Rottlera tinctoria
Tulu derivates : śiri-ponnè Calophyllum apetalum
Notes : For some reason, Tamil and Mal. have -u-, as if the root were subject to umlaut (this cannot be, as the inlaut resonant is geminated). Sanskrit influence (Skt. puṃnāga- can be suspected).
Number in DED : 4343
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *ponn-
Meaning : Calophyllum inophyllum
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : ponna
Additional forms : Also [1] sura-ponna, [2] sura-punnāgamu Calophyllum longifolium
Number in DED : 4343
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