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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *eŋ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: breadth, width
Russian meaning: ширина
Written Mongolian: (L 317)
Khalkha:
Buriat: en(g)
Kalmuck:
Ordos:
Monguor: 'largeur des étoffes, la chaîne d'un tissu' (SM 9)
Comments: KW 122, MGCD 261.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *ḗna(kV)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: middle, width
Russian meaning: середина, ширина
Turkic: *ēn
Mongolian: *eŋ
Tungus-Manchu: *(x)ene-kǖ
Korean: *ánh
Japanese: *nàká
Comments: VEWT 43, Martin 234. Note a common Altaic derivation in *-kV, reflected in all languages except Turkic; for TM we suppose a semantic development 'sheath' < 'receptacle' < 'inside, middle'. Jpn. has lost the first vowel in this archaic trisyllabic structure, and Kor. has rising tone also due to contraction.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *ēn
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: breadth, width
Russian meaning: ширина
Karakhanid: en (MK, KB)
Turkish: en
Tatar:
Uzbek: en
Uighur: än
Azerbaidzhan: en
Turkmen: īn
Khakassian: in
Oyrat: en
Halaj: hän, hǟn
Chuvash: an
Yakut: ien
Dolgan: ien
Kirghiz: en
Kazakh: en
Noghai: en
Bashkir:
Balkar: en
Karaim: en
Karakalpak: en
Kumyk: en
Comments: EDT 165, VEWT 43, ЭСТЯ 1, 352, Егоров 26, Stachowski 122.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *(x)ene-kǖ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: sheath, scabbard
Russian meaning: ножны, футляр
Evenki: enekī
Even: eńki
Negidal: enexī
Comments: ТМС 2, 455.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *ánh
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: middle, inside
Russian meaning: середина, внутренность
Modern Korean: an
Middle Korean: án (ánh-)
Comments: Nam 345, KED 1081. Cf. also dial. anak id. (KED 1068).
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *nàká
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: middle
Russian meaning: середина
Old Japanese: naka
Middle Japanese: nàká
Tokyo: náka
Kyoto: nàká
Kagoshima: naká
Comments: JLTT 491.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ʔVnV
Meaning: in, inside
Indo-European: *en
Altaic: *ḗna(kV)
Uralic: *EnV
References: ND 46 *ʔin̄[A] 'place': with a Sem. parallel, and etymologizing the locative markers of the *-nV type in Sem.-Ham., Kartv., IE, Ur., Drav. and Alt.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *en
Meaning: prep./adv.
Hittite: andan 'darin, dazwischen' (Tischler 33-34)
Tokharian: A ane, B eneṃ (PT *ene-) 'within' (adv.) (Adams 83); y(n)- (pref.) 'in, among' (516)
Old Indian: ánīka- m.n. 'face' < *eni-(o)kʷ-; ni- `in, into, within'
Avestan: ainika- `Angesicht' < *eni-(o)kʷ-; *ni- in ni-zonta 'eingeboren, ingenuus' ( = OInd. ni-ja-)
Armenian: i (vor Vokal y); n- 'in'
Old Greek: en, poet éni, ení 'in', *ens (ẹ̄s), énte 'bis'
Slavic: ? *ǭtokъ, *ǭdolь, *onūtjā, *vъn-, *vъ
Baltic: *iñ, *eñ
Germanic: Got usw. in < *eni
Latin: in
Other Italic: Osk en, -en, Umbr en-dendu 'intendito'; -em, -e
Celtic: OIr in- 'in', in- (lenierend < eni: ingen < Ogam ini-gena 'Tochter'), OCymr, OBret en, in 'in', Corn, Bret en, NCymr (in Zs.) yn-, Gaul esseda < *en-sedā, em-brekton
Albanian: iń 'bis'
Russ. meaning: в
References: WP I 125 f
Comments: + *(e)nero- 'innerlich', *enter, *nter 'zwischen-hinein', *entero- 'innerlich', *entos '(von) innen' and *ent-er- 'intestines, entrails'.
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: в,
Near etymology: во, вн- -- предл. с вин. и местн. пп., также приставка: укр. в, у, блр. в, у, др.-русск. въ, въI(н\)-, ст.-слав. въ, въ(н)- εἰς, κατὰ, πρός, ἐν (Супр.), болг. в, във, сербохорв. у, ва-, словен. v, чеш. v, v(n)-, слвц. v, vo, польск. w, we, w(n)- и т. д. Праслав. ступень редукции *vъn- из *ъn от полной ступени вокализма on- (см. на ону́ча и у-).
Further etymology: Родственно др.-прусск. en "в", лтш. ìe- "в", лит. į̃ "в", "вовнутрь", диал. in, int, греч. ἐν, лат. en, in, ирл. in-, гот. in, нов.-в.-н. in "в"; Эндзелин, Лтш. предл. 1, 87, 91; Траутман, BSW 69. В русск. говорах встречается удвоенное вов, вох (Соболевский, ЖМНП, 1897, ноябрь, стр. 67); точно так же и в др. слав. языках. Др.-русск. вы "в" получалось в условиях сандхи из въ перед и-; см. Срезн. III, 61. Неясно, можно ли говорить о происхождении ст.-слав. въ с вин. п. также из и.-е. up-, ub-, как это делает Мейе (IFAnz. 21, 85; Et. 160 и сл.).
Pages: 1,262
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *iñ, *eñ
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: į̃, iñ(g) 'in, an, auf, zu, nach'
Lettish: ìe- (verbal), iẽ- (nominal)
Old Prussian: en 'in'
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1198
Proto: *EnV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: place
German meaning: Stelle, Ort
Udmurt (Votyak): in, iń (S) 'Ort'
Komi (Zyrian): -in (in comp.) (S V), in (Le.) 'Ort, Stelle'
Hungarian: eny, enyh (dial.) 'Schutz; geschützter Ort', dial. enyett (postp.) 'unter; mittels; anstatt', eny-hely 'Ruheort, Versteck'
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