Number: 88
Proto: *ćVnV-
English meaning: to diminish
German meaning: (sich) vermindern, (sich) verkleinern, eintrocknen
Udmurt (Votyak): śin- (S) 'abnehmen, fallen, sich vermindern (v. Wasser)'
Komi (Zyrian): ćin- (S P PO) 'sich vermindern, sich verringern, abnehmen'
Khanty (Ostyak): t́ĕn- (DN), śin- (O) 'einschrumpfen, eintrocknen'
Hungarian: csün- (dial.) 'erschlaffen, welken; im Wachsen stehen bleiben, klein bleiben'
K. Reshetnikov's notes: In UEW, this material is compared with Selk. šün-či- 'to cease; to be used up', šyn-jemdša- 'to diminish, to lessen (tr.)' and Kms. šö(-)j-dǝ- 'to diminish, to lessen (tr.), to cut down; to limit, to restrict; to finish (tr.)', but š- in Selk. and Kms. goes back to *k- (a result of assibilation before *-ü-), which makes me exclude the Sam. words from the comparison (cf. the situation in URAET 56 and 60, where, however, I preliminarily refrained from rejecting the comparison with Sam. because of absence of Selk. material).
References: Budenz MUSz. 380; VglWb. 726; КЭСКЯ; MSzFgrE; EtSz; TESz; Paas.Beitr. 142; Coll.CompGr. 54
