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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *xnikk-a- m., -an- m., *xnakk-an- m., *xnakka- m.; *ga-nikk-ia- n.
Meaning: neck
Old Norse: { hnakki, hnakk-r }
Swedish: nacke
Old English: hnecca
English: neck
Old Saxon: hnacko (in ON)
Middle Dutch: nac, nacke; necke
Dutch: nek
Middle Low German: nacke; necke
Old High German: (h)nac (8.Jh.), (h)nacko (Hs.13.Jh.)
Middle High German: nac (-ck-) st. m., nacke wk. m. 'hinterhaupt, nacken'; genic, genicke st. n. 'henicke'
German: Nacken m.; Genick n.
germet-meaning,germet-prnum,germet-onord,germet-swed,germet-oengl,germet-engl,germet-osax,germet-mdutch,germet-dutch,germet-mlg,germet-ohg,germet-mhg,germet-hg,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *k(')neg(')-
Meaning: neck, back of the head
Tokharian: A kñuk шея
Russ. meaning: шея, затылок
piet-prnum,piet-meaning,piet-tokh,piet-germ,piet-rusmean,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *nVKV
Meaning: neck, vertebra
References: МССНЯ 355, ОСНЯ 2, 92; ND 1638 *ŋiḲa (or *ǹiḲa) 'jugular vertebra, neck'. nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-esk,nostret-reference,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *ni̯ăke
Meaning: neck, vertebra
Russian meaning: шея, (шейный) позвонок
Comments: A Western isogloss. See VEWT 180 (Turk.-Tung.; but Kor. mjǝk 'neck' cannot belong here), ОСНЯ 2, 92, АПиПЯЯ 293. Doerfer (TMN 4, 104) tries (in vain) to destroy the Turk.-Tung. paralle l ("aus lautlichen ... als auch semantischen Gründen inkorrekt" - ?). The comparison of the Mong. form with Man. ikursun in KW 281, Rozycki 115 should be regarded as erroneous (Man. ikursun < ТМ *xīKeri q. v.). For further Nostratic parallels see ОСНЯ 2, 92. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *jaka
Meaning: collar; edge
Russian meaning: воротник; край
Old Turkic: jaqa (OUygh.)
Turkish: jaka
Tatar: jaqa
Uzbek: jɔqa
Uighur: jaqa
Azerbaidzhan: jaxa
Turkmen: jaqa
Khakassian: čaɣa
Shor: čaɣa
Oyrat: d́aqa
Halaj: jaqa
Chuvash: śoɣa
Yakut: saɣa
Kirghiz: ǯaqa
Noghai: jaɣa
Bashkir: jaɣa
Balkar: ǯaɣa, žaɣa
Salar: jaxa
Kumyk: jaɣa
Comments: VEWT 180, 82-83, EDT 898, ЭСТЯ 4, 82-84, Федотов 2, 146-147. Turk. > WMong. ǯaqa, ǯiqa, Kalm. zaxǝ (KW 463-464; TMN 4, 103-104, Щербак 1997, 122), whence Evk. ǯaka (Doerfer MT 125). turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-atu,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-tat,turcet-chg,turcet-uzb,turcet-uig,turcet-azb,turcet-trm,turcet-hak,turcet-shr,turcet-alt,turcet-khal,turcet-chv,turcet-jak,turcet-tof,turcet-krg,turcet-nogx,turcet-bas,turcet-blkx,turcet-sal,turcet-qum,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *nigur-su
Meaning: spinal marrow, vertebral gristles
Russian meaning: спинной мозг, позвоночные хрящи
Written Mongolian: niɣursu(n), nuɣu(r)su(n) (L 580) Khalkha: nuga(r)s
Buriat: nugarha(n)
Kalmuck: nuɣǝrsṇ
Ordos: nuGusu
Dagur: nokč
Shary-Yoghur: nurɣusǝn
monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-ord,monget-dag,monget-yuy,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *nikimna
Meaning: 1 neck 2 nape of neck
Russian meaning: 1 шея 2 задняя часть шеи
Evenki: nikimna 1
Even: ńịqъ̣n 2
Negidal: nịxma 1, 2
Ulcha: ńịqị(n) 1, 2
Orok: nịqịmńa 'neck of deer'
Solon: nixama, nixima 1
Comments: ТМС 1, 591. Cf. also Dag. (Тод. Даг. 158) ńokol 'nape of neck', probably < TM. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-sol,tunget-reference,
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