Proto-Turkic: *Kon-
Meaning: 1 neighbour 2 friend, guest
Russian meaning: 1 сосед 2 друг, гость
Old Turkic: qonšɨ 1, qonaq 2 (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: qošnɨ, qonšɨ 'neighbour', qonuq 'guest' (MK)
Turkish: komšu 1
Uzbek: qụšni, qɔšni 1
Uighur: qošna, xošna 1
Azerbaidzhan: Gonšu 1
Turkmen: Goŋšɨ 1, Gonaq 2
Khakassian: xonǯɨx 1
Chuvash: xъʷna
Kirghiz: qoŋšu 1
Noghai: qoŋsɨ 1
Balkar: qonšu 1
Gagauz: qomšu 1
Karaim: qonšɨ 1
Karakalpak: qoŋsɨ 1
Kumyk: xonšu 1
Comments: VEWT 279, EDT 637, 640, ЭСТЯ 6, 56, 66-68. The word is considered to be derived from *Kon- 'to spend a night' ( > Mong. qonu- id., KW 185; see Щербак 1997, 139, TMN 1, 420, 3, 530, ЭСТЯ 6, 55-56, EDT 632, Stachowski 152). However, further derivation of *Kon- from *Ko- 'to put' (see TMN ibid.) seems highly improbable. External evidence speaks rather in favour of the original meaning "guest, to visit (as a guest)' ( < *'friend, match'), whence "to spend a night, visit, stay" ( = Russ. гостить).
