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Proto-Japanese: *untu
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: high and respected, precious
Russian meaning: высокий, уважаемый, драгоценный
Old Japanese: udu
Comments: JLTT 566.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *ṓni
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: high
Russian meaning: длинный; высокий
Turkic: *ȫn-
Mongolian: *öndü-
Korean: *un-tu
Japanese: *untu
Comments: Владимирцов 164; Ozawa 57-59; АПиПЯЯ 18, 290. Comparison with Tung. (see АПиПЯЯ) should be abandoned. Ramstedt (SKE 55) compares Kor. ǝnč- (MKor. jǝ̀nč-) 'to put on the top, place above' (?), considering Kor. undu to be a mongolism.
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Proto-Turkic: *ȫn-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to grow, rise
Russian meaning: расти, подниматься
Old Turkic: ön- (ün-) (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: ön- (ün-) (MK)
Middle Turkic: ön- (Pav. C.)
Uzbek: un-
Uighur: ün-
Sary-Yughur: ün-
Turkmen: ȫn-
Halaj: hin-
Chuvash: ǝʷn-
Yakut: ǖn-
Dolgan: ǖn-
Tuva: ün-
Kirghiz: ön-
Kazakh: ön-
Karakalpak: ön-
Comments: EDT 169, VEWT 372, ЭСТЯ 1, 530-532, Мудрак Дисс. 77, 137, Егоров 40-41, Clark 1977, 161, Stachowski 255.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *öndü-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 high 2 to rise
Russian meaning: 1 высокий 2 подниматься
Written Mongolian: öndür 1 (L 637), öndeji- 2 (L 636: öndüji-, öndeji-)
Middle Mongolian: undur (HY 52, SH) undus 'to stay vertically' (HY 53), undur (MA)
Khalkha: öndör 1, öndij- 2
Buriat: ünder 1, ündɨ- 2
Kalmuck: öndṛ 1, öndē- 2
Ordos: ündür 1, öndī-
Dongxian: undu 1
Baoan: onder, under 1
Dagur: xundur 1 (Тод. Даг. 179), undī- 2 (Тод. Даг. 171), hundere 1 (MD 166)
Shary-Yoghur: uŋdur, oŋdur 1, oŋdö- 2
Monguor: ndur, undur (SM 264, 472) 1
Comments: KW 296, MGCD 545, TMN 1, 178-179. Initial x- in Dagur is quite enigmatic. Cf. also önör 'numerous, populous' (Poppe 69; L 639: önür). Also ondui-, onduɣar (KW 286, L 613); öŋgei-, öŋgüi- 'to overhang, jut or project over' (L 637) ( > Man. eŋgele- id., see Rozycki 70?). Mong. > Man. enduri 'God' etc., see Doerfer MT 81.
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Proto-Korean: *un-tu
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: height (of the side of shoes or bowls)
Russian meaning: высота
Modern Korean: undu
Comments: KED 1244.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *wVnV
Meaning: high, big
Altaic: *ṓni
Uralic: *wEnV (cf. also *wene 'spread, extend')
Comments: Acceptable if the meaning 'big' is original in FU.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1194
Proto: *wEnV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: old
German meaning: alt
Komi (Zyrian): vener (VO) 'что-н. очень ветхое, старое, что едва держится' ?
Khanty (Ostyak): (unǝ (Sog. Ni.), wǫn (Kaz.) 'groß; ältester, älterer' - rejected by Redei)
Hungarian: vén 'sehr alt, uralt; der Alte, der Älteste, Greis' ?
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