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Proto-Altaic: *ī̀na
Meaning: younger sibling
Russian meaning: младший брат или сестра
Turkic: *ini
Tungus-Manchu: *īnan
Korean: *àńằ
Japanese: *ànî
Comments: Vovin 1993 (Jpn.-Kor.). Cf. also MKor. àńắm 'family', àńí 'child'. The Korean reflexes raise some doubts: tone does not correspond to TM, medial -ń- is also irregular (unless it was palatalized in àńí before -i, and other forms were changed by analogy); see a discussion in Martin 1996, 67-68, Robbeets 2000, 116-117. In Japanese *'younger brother' > *'brother'; with the introduction of *ǝtǝ 'younger brother' ( < *i̯ore 'young male') *ani changed its meaning to "elder brother".
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *ini
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: younger brother
Russian meaning: младший брат
Old Turkic: ini (Orkh., OUygh.)
Karakhanid: ini (MK)
Turkish: ini
Tatar: ĭnĭ
Middle Turkic: ini (Бор. Бад., Pav. C.)
Uzbek: ini
Uighur: ini
Sary-Yughur: ini, ɨnɨ
Azerbaidzhan: ini (dial.)
Turkmen: ini
Oyrat: ini, īn
Yakut: ini, inī
Dolgan: ini-bī
Kirghiz: ini
Kazakh: ĭnĭ
Noghai: ini
Bashkir: ĭnĭ
Karakalpak: ini
Kumyk: ini
Comments: EDT 170, VEWT 172, TMN 2, 226, ЭСТЯ 1, 362-363, Лексика 292, Stachowski 126.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *īnan
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 husband's younger brother 2 (younger) brother- / sister-in-law 3 sister's children 4 son-in-law 5 husband's younger sister
Russian meaning: 1 деверь, младший брат мужа 2 (младший) племянник / племянница 3 дети сестры 4 зять 5 младшая сестра мужа
Evenki: īnan 1
Even: ịnъ̣n 2
Negidal: ịna 3
Spoken Manchu: inā 'sister's son (nephew); son of fater's or moter's sister (cousin)' (920)
Literary Manchu: ina 3
Orok: ịna 4
Nanai: ịnã 5
Comments: ТМС 1,315. Cf. also Man. ene 'heir' (ТМС 2, 455).
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *àńằ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: younger brother or sister
Russian meaning: младший брат или сестра
Modern Korean: au
Middle Korean: àńằ
Comments: Nam 338, KED 1075.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *ànî
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: elder brother
Russian meaning: старший брат
Old Japanese: ani
Middle Japanese: ani
Tokyo: áni
Kyoto: ànî
Kagoshima: áni
Comments: JLTT 382. Accent in Kagoshima is irregular.
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