Austric etymology :

Proto-Austric: *kVŋ

Meaning: branch

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Proto-Austroasiatic: *k<ǝn>e:ŋ (also *ka:ń)

Austroasiatic meaning: branch

Proto-Austronesian: *raŋkaŋ

Austronesian meaning: fork, branch

Austronesian code: 20:2

Proto-Thai: ka:n.C branch CK

Austro-Asiatic etymology :

Proto-Austro-Asiatic: *ka:ń

Meaning: branch

Austric etymology: Austric etymology

Thai: ka:n.C branch CK

Proto-Bahnaric: NB *kaŋ.L E

Bahnar etymology :

Proto-Bahnaric: *kǝ̆ŋ

Meaning: branch

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Proto-North Bahnaric: *kaŋ.L, tǝ-

North Bahnaric etymology :

Proto-North-Bahnaric: *kaŋ.L, tǝ-

Meaning: branch

Bahnaric etymology: Bahnaric etymology

Rengao form: tǝkaŋ.L

Rengao meaning: branch

Sedang form: tǝkaŋ.L

Sedang meaning: small branch

Viet-Muong etymology :

Proto-Viet-Muong: *gɛ:ŋ // *kɛ:ŋʔ, t-

Meaning: branch

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Vietnamese: cành

Vietnamese meaning: branch

Muong dialect: kɛń.2

Nguon dialect (1): kăń.2 ńɔ.5

Nguon dialect (2): kăń.2 ńɔ.5

Proto-Ruc: *kɛ:ŋ.3, t-

Ruc (Russian field rec.): takɛ:ŋ.3

Ruc (Lo'i's rec.): takɛ:ŋ.3

Ruc (Ferlus' rec.): takɛ:ŋ.5 (kǝʌj.1)

Ruc meaning: branch

Notes: F-97: *t-kɛ:ŋʔ ́ *t-gɛŋ

References: NTF37, NVL137; TC57

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : KVNV

Meaning : branch

Sino-Caucasian : *xḳwV́ŋV̄

Austric : PAA *k<ǝn>e:ŋ 'branch' (also *kɔ:ŋ 'stem'), PAN *raŋkaŋ 'fork, branch'

Amerind (misc.) : *ḳʷini 'acorn' (in fact, "tree, branch") (R 6)

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xḳwV́ŋV̄

Meaning: fir-tree branch

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

North Caucasian: *ḳ_wVnV

Sino-Tibetan: *kūŋ

Yenisseian: *qoʔn- (~ χ-,-ɔ-)

Burushaski: *qiŋ

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ḳ_wVnV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mastix, tar

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ḳ:ʷVnV

Proto-Tsezian: *q̇ʷVni

Notes: An Av.-Tsez. isogloss. There is an interesting (reduplicated or suffixed) HU parallel: Hurr. kanagi 'mastix (tree)' ( > Akkad. kanak-tu), kanag-itχi 'mastix resin'. See Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 56. In some languages (in particular, PL) the root could have merged with the reflexes of *bħĭnḳ_wV q.v.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *ḳ:ʷVnV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fir-tree

Avar: ḳ:ʷeni (dial.)

Comments: Cited from Mikailov 1959.

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *q̇ʷVni

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pine tar

Ginukh: q̇Ione

Comments: Attested only in Ginukh, but having possible external parallels.

Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kūŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: plant, branch

Burmese: kǝuŋh branch of a tree.

Kachin: lǝkuŋ² a limb, branch, (H) kuŋ to branch.

Lushai: kūŋ a plant, a tree (cf. also kuaŋ the stalk (of flower, grain) ).

Lepcha: kóŋ to branch out; kuŋ 1 a tree 2 stalk 3 pole 4 wood

Comments: Sh. 46, 410; Ben. 77.

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *qoʔn- (~ χ-,-ɔ-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: fir branches

Ket: qɔneŋ⁵ (Werner 2, 106 qɔ́ńaŋ)

Yug: хɔnɨŋ⁵

Pumpokol: koŋoŋho (W.) 'fir-tree'

Comments: ССЕ 262-263. Werner 1, 441, 2, 106 (without reconstruction).

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *qiŋ

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: large dry juniper stem

Hunza: qiŋ

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