Uralic etymology : Query result

Number: 171

Proto: *jänte

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English meaning: string, bowstring

German meaning: Sehne

Finnish: jänne (gen. jänteen) 'Sehne, Strang'

Saam (Lapp): jė̆ä̆DD^A-pɛs̀s^A (Ko. Not.) 'gespannte Flinte'

Khanty (Ostyak): jö̆ntǝɣ (V), jĕntǝ (DN), jinti (O) 'Bogensehne; Netzstrick'

Mansi (Vogul): jantǝŋ (Kū), ʔäŋṭǝw (P) 'Bogensehne', jantǝɣ (P), jāntew (So.)

Hungarian: ideg 'Nerv; (altung.) Sehne, Bogensehne; Strick'

Nenets (Yurak): jēn (O) 'Bogensehne'

Enets (Yen): jéddi (Ch.)

Nganasan (Tawgi): jenti

Selkup: ći̮nte (TaU), t́i̮nte (TaM) 'Sehne', kênddα, kênddä, kend, kênd, kênddɔ (Ke.), čênd, čend (N) 'Bogensehne'

Kamass: nēnǝ, nēni 'Sehne'

Janhunen's version: (72) *jänti

Sammalahti's version: *jänti

K. Reshetnikov's notes: Derived from the preceding stem (URAET 170)? Lapp Not. (T.I.Itk. WbKKlp. 52) jė̆ä̆DD[a]-pɛs̀s[a] 'gespannte Flinte; cocked gun' (pɛs̀s[a] 'gun') - a form isolated within Lapp, most probably a Finnish loan.

References: Donn. VglWb. 371; MUSz. 808; FUV; SKES; SzófSz.; MSzFgrE; TESz.; Paas. Beitr. 87