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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *sŏ̀nu
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: dog hunt, dog rope
Russian meaning: охота с собаками, собачий повод
Turkic: *sonar
Tungus-Manchu: *suna
Korean: *sànhằiŋ
Japanese: *sùnà-tǝr-
Comments: The Kor. form is a secondary derivative from an unattested verb *sàn-hă-, which explains the "verbal" low tone (although the -a-vowel is not quite expected, possibly - a dissimilation from *sằn-hă-). The Jpn. meaning is obviously secondary ("hunting" > "fishing").
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *sonar
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: hunting (with dogs)
Russian meaning: охота (с собаками)
Turkish: (Kurdak) sumar-la- 'to hunt' (R.)
Tatar: sunar
Chuvash: (Bulgar) somor 'dog'
Yakut: sonor
Kirghiz: sonor
Kazakh: sonar-la- 'to trace' (КТТС)
Bashkir: hunar
Comments: VEWT 428, ЭСТЯ 7 (here related to *sonɨ 'untouched snow or grass' which is rather dubious). Tat. > Chuv. sunar 'id.' (Федотов 2, 63).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *suna
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: dog rope
Russian meaning: сворка (поводок для нескольких собак)
Evenki: suna
Even: hụ̄ŋkan
Literary Manchu: suna
Ulcha: sụna
Orok: suna
Nanai: sona
Oroch: sūna 'shaman's posterior belt'
Comments: ТМС 2, 127. Since the archaic meaning must have been 'hunting with dogs', it seems possible to connect also Manchu sunte-, suntebu- 'to destroy the enemy' (ТМС 127) (whence Dag. suntu- id., Тод. Даг. 164). Evk. > Dolg. hunakān (see Stachowski 111).
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *sànhằiŋ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: hunting
Russian meaning: охота
Modern Korean: sanjaŋ
Middle Korean: sànhằiŋ
Comments: Nam 289, KED 869. In KED it is explained as a Chinese borrowing: 山行 'going to the mountains', which is probably a folk etymology: in Middle Korean the word is usually not spelled with Chinese characters (see HMCH 307), means all sorts of hunting, while the Chinese compound does not denote hunting at all (just "mountain trip").
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *sùnà-tǝr-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to fish
Russian meaning: ловить рыбу
Old Japanese: suna-tor-
Middle Japanese: sùnà-tòr-
Tokyo: sunador-
Comments: JLTT 759.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *c`VnV
Meaning: dog harness
Indo-European: ? *swendh-
Altaic: *sŏ̀nu
Uralic: *ćinV (ćenV)
References: ND 345 *c̣en̄V 'to tie, bind, plait' compares Ur. with Kartv. *ć̣an- / ć̣n- 'to plait; twig', and further - with SH *c̣n- 'tie; basket'.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *swendh-
Meaning: to pursue, to hunt
Baltic: *sün̂d-ī̂-, *süm̂d-ī̂-, *sum̂d-ī̂- vb.
Celtic: OIr do-sennaim (< *swemdhō) `jage'; Cymr chwyf 'motus', Ir siubhal 'gehen'
Russ. meaning: гнаться, охотиться
References: WP II 524
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *sün̂d-ī̂-, *süm̂d-ī̂-, *sum̂d-ī̂- vb.
Meaning: hunt
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: siùndīti '(auf-, ver)hetzen', žem. siùmdīti (Ness. sumdīti) `hetzen (травить зверя)'
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 65
Proto: *ćinV (ćenV)
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: sleigh belt
German meaning: Zugriemen des Schlittens; den Hund an den Schlitten spannen
Saam (Lapp): čâdnâ- (-n-) 'tie; bind, fasten by tying, catch and tie (reindeer)' (N), tjatna- (L) 'binden, fest-, anbinden' (L), tšɛ̮̄nnα- 'binden'
Nenets (Yurak): śān (O), sānnī (P) 'Knochen am Halfter; Halfter; Halsband, womit das Argischrentier hinter den vorangehenden Schlitten gebunden ist' ( > Komi I śan 'лобная косточка уздечки', Khanty Kaz. śaṇǝw, O śȧn 'Zügel-, Zaumknochen des Rentiers', Mansi Sy. śānǝw 'Rentierzaum, Riemen über den Augen des Rentiers')
K. Reshetnikov's notes: However, I consider the final rejection of this comparison premature.
References: FUV; Paas.Beitr. 221
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