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Proto-Altaic: *kḗjna ( ~ g-)
Meaning: crab; tick
Russian meaning: краб; клещ
Turkic: *gĒne
Korean: *kǝ̄i
Japanese: *kání
Comments: Martin 229, Miller 1980, 161-162, 1985a, 81, 1986, 48, Лексика 183. Medial *-j- has to be reconstructed to account for loss of resonant in Korean.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *gĒne
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: tick, name of different parasites
Russian meaning: клещ, назв. различных паразитов
Turkish: gene, kene
Uzbek: kana
Azerbaidzhan: gänä
Turkmen: gǟnä
Kazakh: kenä
Karakalpak: kene
Comments: VEWT 251, TMN 3, 615-616, ЭСТЯ 5, 63-64, Лексика 183. Voiced *g- and front row vocalism speaks against the theory of Turk. being < Pers. kana (although some forms like Khalaj kana and Turkm. dial. kǟnä may have been influenced by the Persian word - which itself has so far no Iranian etymology and must be regarded as a Turkic loanword).
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *kǝ̄i
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: crab
Russian meaning: краб
Modern Korean:
Middle Korean: kǝ̄i
Comments: Liu 51, KED 106.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kání
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: crab
Russian meaning: краб
Old Japanese: kani
Middle Japanese: kání
Tokyo: kàni
Kyoto: kání
Kagoshima: káni
Comments: JLTT 437.
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