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Inupik etymology :

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Proto-Inupik: *ạnųʁǝ̈, *anuq-liʁ-, *anuʁ-raʁ-
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: wind 1, to be windy 2
Russian meaning: ветер 1, быть ветру 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: anuʁi 1, anuqɫiq- 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq anúʁɨ, anúqɫēqtoq 'to blow (wind)', W anoʁɣwa (āk, ʁuit) 1, KI anoχe* 1
North Alaskan Inupik: anuʁɨ 1, anuqɫiq- 2
NAI Dialects: B anoʁa* 1, Ingl anoʁwe* 1
Western Canadian Inupik: anuʁi 1, anuqɫiq- 2, anuʁsaʁiktuq 'good wind'
WCI Dialects: Cor, M anoʁa* 1, Cop anuχχiq- 2, Perry River anuχχāq- 'to be a light breeze' [Pryde]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: anuʁi 1, anuʁsili- 2
ECI Dialects: Lab anuʁɫiq- 2 [Peck]
Greenlandic Inupik: anuʁi (anore*) 1, anuʁɫiʁ- 2, anuʁšaʁissi- 'to have risen (wind)'
GRI Dialects: EG aniʁsiq 1, aniʁsiʁ- 2, Up aniʁsaʁ-, aniʁsaʁ̃itsi- 'to have risen (wind)', NG anuχχaq- 'to blow (wind)'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 30
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Eskimo etymology :

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Proto-Eskimo: *anuqǝ (*-rq-?)
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: wind
Russian meaning: ветер
Proto-Yupik: *anuqǝ
Proto-Inupik: *anuʁǝ̈, *anuq-liʁ-, *anuʁ-raʁ-
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 30
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Yupik etymology :

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Proto-Yupik: *anuqǝ
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: wind
Russian Meaning: ветер
Chaplino: anúqa (ǝt), anōka*, anúka*, anúqɫiʁáquq 'to become windy'
Naukan: anúqǝ
Koniag (AAY): anuqa (ǝ), AP anuqiʁ- 'to be windy'
Central Alaskan Yupik: anuqa (ǝ), anuqɫiʁ- 'windy'
Nunivak (Peripheral): anūqa*
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 30
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ʔanqV
Meaning: to breathe
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *anǝ- 'breathe' (Pok. 38-39)
Altaic: Turk. *aŋkɨ- 'emit odour' ( > Mong. aŋgi-l-)
Uralic: ?BF *aŋe 'spirit, ghost'
Eskimo-Aleut: *anuqǝ (*-rq-?)
References: (МССНЯ 340, ОСНЯ 1, 261); ND 56 *ʔaŋq[i] 'breathe' - compares also Sem. *ʔnχ 'sigh, moan'.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *ane-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: to breathe, to blow
Tokharian: B añiye m. 'breath', anāsk- 'breathe, inhale' (Adams 7); A āñcäm (obl. āñm-), B āñme (PT *āñc(ä)me) 'self, soul' (41)
Old Indian: ániti, ánati `to breathe, respire', ánila- m. `air, wind', aná- m. `breath, respiration'
Avestan: ɔ̄ntyɔ̄, parɔ̄ntyɔ̄ `des Ein- und Ausatmens'
Old Greek: ánemo-s m. `Wind'; ántǟ <ántai> `ветер' (Hsch.); antǟ́ f. <gen. antás> `дуновение' (Hsch.)
Slavic: *vonь, *vonjā; *ǭxātī
Baltic: ? *an-ō̂- vb.
Germanic: *an-a- vb., *un-m=, *an-d-ō(n-) f., *an-d-an- m., *uz-ún-ɵ-a- n.
Latin: animus, -ī m. `Geist, Seele', anima `Luft(ung), Wind, Hauch, Seele', hālo, -āre `hauchen, duften'
Other Italic: Osk anamúm `animam'
Celtic: *anǝtlo-: OIr anāl `spiritus'; Cymr anadl `Atem'; MBret alazn (Umstellung), Bret holan; *anǝtī-: MCymr eneit, Cymr eneid `Seele'; *anamon-: OIr animm, gen. anman, Ir anam `Seele'
Russ. meaning: дышать, дуть
References: WP I 56 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: вонь
Near etymology: ж., укр. во́ня "запах", др.-русск. воня 1. "благоухание", 2. "запах", ст.-слав. вон ἄρωμα (Cynp., Остром.), болг. воня́ "вонь", сербохорв. во̏њ, во̏ња "запах", словен. vónja, чеш. vůně "благоухание, аромат, запах", слвц. vôňa, польск. woń, в.-луж. wón. Первонач. знач. "запах", ср. благово́ние, злово́ние. Родственно ст.-слав. ѫхати "благоухать", см. -уха́ть.
Further etymology: Праслав. *oni̯a под влиянием ве́ять?, согласно Мейе, IF 5, 333. Сюда же др.-инд. anas "дуновение", ániti "дышит", греч. ἄνεμος "ветер, дуновение", лат. animus "дух", anima "душа", animal "животное", гот. us-anan "выдыхать", гот. andi "дух", шв. and, ср.-ирл. anāl "дыхание"; см. Вальде2 44; Уленбек, Aind. Wb. 7; Младенов 76. Брюкнер (AfslPh 29, 111; 39, 3; ZfslPh 2, 309; KZ 45, 27) отделяет слав. слово от перечисленных выше, связывая его в праформе *vo(d)nja с цслав. сводетъ "пахнет", греч. ὄζω "пахну", лит. úodžiu, úosti "пахнуть, чуять", но это неубедительно.
Pages: 1,349
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *an-ō̂- vb.
Meaning: do, drive
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: anúoti 'tun, treiben; herumtrödeln', iš=anúoti 'weg-, beseiteschaffen, vertun'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *anan-, *unm=, *andō(n), *andēn, *uz-únɵa-n
Meaning: breath, breathe
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: *uz-anan st. `breathe one's last'
Old Norse: ɔnd f. `Seele, Atem', anda wk. `atmen'; andi m. `Atem, Wind, Geist'
Norwegian: ande; anda vb.
Old Swedish: ande
Swedish: ande, anda
Danish: ɔnde sbs., vb.
Old English: { ōɵian `stark pusten' }; oroɵ (orɵ), -es n. `breath, breathing'
Old Frisian: omma `Atem'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 78
Root: an(ǝ)-3
English meaning: to breathe
German meaning: `atmen, hauchen'
Derivatives: Nominalstamm ant-
Material: Ai. ániti `atmet' (auch thematisch ánati), ánila- `Atem, Hauch, Wind', āná- (vielleicht `Hauch' oder `Mund, Nase', āna-nam `Mund, Maul, Gesicht' mit ind. Vr̥ddhi; `Mund' als `Atmer, das Atmen'); prāṇiti `atmet';

    av. ā̊ntya, parā̊ntya `des Ein- und Ausatmens' (*anti- `Atmen' mit ā und parā; s. Bartholomae IF. 7, 59; über ainiti- `Milde' s. aber Airan.Wb. 125 f.).

    Gr. ἄνεμος `Hauch, Wind', ἀνήνεμος (mit Dehnung im Kompositum), νήνεμος `windstill', ἠvεμόεις `windreich' (ἠ-metrische Dehnung), ἀνεμώλιος (`windig', d. i.:) `nichtig, vergeblich' (dissimiliert aus ἀνεμώνιος, s. zuletzt Bechtel Lexil. 44, auch 226, über das wohl aus *μετ-ανεμώvιoς durch Ferndissimilation gekürzte μεταμώνιος `vergeblich, ohne Erfolg'); anders Risch 113; vgl. Frisk Indog. 15; ἄνται ἄνεμοι ἀντάς πνοιάς Hes. sind in ἀη̃ται, ἀήτας zu bessern. Vielleicht hierher νεᾱνίᾱς `Jüngling' als νεFο-αν- junger Schnaufer', nach Schwyzer Gr. Gr. I 4263; auch ἄσθμα `Atemnot', aaO. 337.

    Lat. animus `Geist, Seele', anima `Lufthauch, Atem, Seele, Leben' (osk. anamúm `animam'), davon animal `Lebewesen, Tier', hālō, -āre `hauchen, duften' (Denominativ eines *an-slo-; mit unechtem h, das hier schallmalenden Wert erlangte und auch in an(h)-ēlāre eindrang; über letzteres s. *an 4).

    Air. anāl, cymr. anadl `Atem', mbret. alazn (Umstellung), nbret. holan (*anǝ-tlo-); mcymr. eneit, ncymr. enaid `Seele' (*anǝ-tī-), abrit. PNAnate-mōros `großherzig'; air. animm, nir. anam `Seele', Gen. anman (St. *ana-mon-; die i-Farbe des Nom. sg. nach den neutr. -men-St. s. Pedersen KG. II 61; zur Kreuzung mit lat. anima s. Pokorny ZfcPh. 10 69 f.), corn. eneff, mbret. eneff (Pl. anaffon) nbret. anaoun `Seele' (die umgelauteten corn. und bret. Formen wohl Lw. aus dem Lat., s. Vendryès De hib. voc. 112 f., Pedersen KG. I 170, II 111); dazu air. osnad `Seufzer' (uss-anad), ferner (`ausschnaufen = rasten, ruhen') anaid `bleibt, ruht, hört auf', con-osna `desistit, desinit' (com-uss-an-) usw. (s. Pedersen KG. II 455 f., 672); mcymr. anant Pl. `Dichter', cyn-an `Wort, Lob';

    got. uz-anan (Prät. uzōn) `ausatmen'; mit t-Formantien: anord. ǫnd, g. andar f. `Atem, Lebenshauch, Leben, Seele' (= gr. ἄνται), anda, -aða `atmen, keuchen' = ags. ōđian `stark pusten', anord. andi m. `Atem, Geist, Seele', afries. omma (*an-ma) `Atem', ags. oroð (*ŭz-anþ-) `Atemzug'*); vielleicht hierher ahd. unst, aisl. ags. yst f. `Sturm' aus *-sti-;

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    *) Dazu auch as. ando, ags. anđa, anođa `Aufgeregtheit, Zorn, Leidwesen', ahd. anado, ando, anto `Ärger, Zorn', mhd. ande `Gefühl der Kränkung', ahd. anadōn, antōn, mhd. anden `seinen Zorn auslassen', nhd. ahnden unter einer Mittelbed. `vor Erregung keuchen' (Kluge s. v., -Falk-Torp 5 und 1428 unter aand; Schröder Аbl. 9). Über das zweite a von ahd. anado, ags. anođa s. Specht Phil. Stud. Voretzsch 36.

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    aksl. vonja (*ani̯ā) `Geruch' (vonjati `riechen, duften'), *ǫchati `duften' in aruss. uchati usw. (-ch- vielleicht Nachahmung von duchati, also ohne geschichtlichen Zusammenhang mit dem s von lat. hālāre aus *an-slo-);

    alb. geg. âj, tosk. ēnj `ich schwelle', geg. âjun `aufgeblasen' kënjem, gnem `Weihrauch' (*kɛ-(a)nemo- Jokl Stud. 37);

    toch. AB āñm- `Leben, Geist', В āñme `Absicht', A āñcām (*āntemo-) `Leben, Geist' (K. Schneider IF. 57, 203, Pedersen Toch. 48); auch В onolme, wnolme `Lebewesen'?

    arm. holm `Wind' (Bugge IF. 1, 442) bleibt (trotz Meillet Lit. 6, 3) fern (s. Lidén Arm. St. 38 f., Peterson KZ. 47, 246). - Ai. ātmán `Seele' vielmehr zu ahd. ātum `Atem', s. ēt-men-.

    Die Wz. zeigt neben zweisilbigen Formen, wie ai. ani-ti, ani-laḥ, kelt.*ana-tlo- usw., und solchen wie ἄνε-μος, auch Formen von der einsilbigen Wzf., so lat. *an-slo- > hālō, anord. ǫnd (usw.).

References: WP. I 56 ff., WH. I 49 f., Feist 538.
See also: S. auch ansu-, antro-.
Pages: 38-39
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : HVNKV
Meaning : to breathe
Eurasiatic : *ʔanqV
Afroasiatic : ʔV-nVwVḫ- (?)
Sino-Caucasian : *xVnV (? *HVnV) nose
Amerind (misc.) : *ʔiq 'wind' (R 855) [+ A] ?
Reference : МССНЯ 340, ОСНЯ 1, 261.
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔV-nVwVḫ- (?)
Meaning: breathe out; live
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Semitic: *nVwVḫ/ḥ- ~ *ʔVnVḫ/ḥ- 'shout' 1, 'lament, wail' 2, 'sigh' 3, 'groan, moan' 4, 'whining, moaning' 5, 'coo' 6, 'blow from opposite sides (of two winds) 7, 'pant, breathe with difficulty' 8
Egyptian: ʕnḫ 'live; life' (Pyr) (dissimilation <*ʔVnVḫ?)
Notes: Phonetically and semantically highly problematic.
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 1557
Proto-Semitic: *nVwVḥ/ḫ- ~ *ʔVnVḥ/ḫ-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'shout' 1, lament, wail' 2, 'sigh' 3, 'groan, moan' 4, 'whining, moaning' 5, 'coo' 6, 'blow from opposite sides (of two winds) 7, 'pant, breathe with difficulty' 8
Akkadian: naʔû 1, nuʔû, nuḫḫû 2; anāḫu 3
Ugaritic: nḥ 4, ʔanḫ 5
Hebrew: nwḥ 3, ʔnḥ (nif.) 3, 4
Judaic Aramaic: ʔnḥ 3
Syrian Aramaic: ʔenaḥ 3
Arabic: nwḥ 2, 6, 8, (V) 7; ʔnḥ [-i-] 7
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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: ʕnḫ
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'live; life' (Pyr)
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xVnV (? *HVnV)
Meaning: nose
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Sino-Tibetan: *na (s-)
Yenisseian: *xa(ʔ)ŋ
Comments and references : HGC 21.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *na (s-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: nose
Tibetan: sna the nose.
Burmese: hna nose, LB *sna.
Kachin: (?) naʔ2 make a hole in ox's nose.
Lushai: KC *hna.
Kiranti: *nǝ̀
Comments: Atong na-kuŋ; PG *na; Kham sànī; Kanauri sta-gus; Banpara na-kuŋ; Rawang śǝŋa; Trung 3-na1; Kadu sǝna; Newari hna-sa; Magari hna; Dhimal hna-pa; Digaro hǝna-. Sh. 38, 123, 134, 430; Ben. 35; Luce 4.
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Kiranti etymology :

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Proto-Kiranti: *nǝ̀
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Meaning: nose
Sunwar: nē̃
Tulung:
Kaling:
Limbu: nebo
Dumi: nu
Kulung: nap
Yamphu: naʔu
Comments: Toba 93 *nep.
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Limbu dictionary :

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Entry: nɛbho:, -nbho:
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: nose
Comments: cf. -nbo: hipmaʔ.
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Dumi dictionary :

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Entry: pi:pnɨ
Grammar: vi-1 pi:ph/pi:p
Meaning: 1) topple over, fall, be felled 2) -sa:yɨ pi:pnɨ (elevated style) pass away, die
Nepali: dhalnu
Comments: 1) cf. ɨnnɨ, tha:Nnɨ, thi:nɨ. 2) ɨsa:yɨ pi:phɨm lit. his soul toppled (Nep. usko śir ḍhaleko0).
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Kulung dictionary :

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Entry: nap
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: nose
Nepali: nāk.
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Yamphu dictionary :

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Entry: naʔu
Kiranti etymology: Kiranti etymology
Grammar: n.
Meaning: nose.
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *xaŋ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: nose
Ket: áŋgɔn 'nose, nostrils' (Werner 1, 45)
Kottish: aŋ, *āŋ, g. āŋi(e), pl. āŋán; Ass. aŋ (М., Сл., Срсл., Кл.)
Pumpokol: haŋ (Сл., Срсл., Кл.)
Comments: ССЕ 295. Werner 1, 39, 45.
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