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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *nĭ̀k`ú
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: to grind, crunch; knead
Russian meaning: растирать, разгрызать; месить
Turkic: *jɨk-
Mongolian: *niku-
Tungus-Manchu: *ń[i]Ki-
Korean: *nìkì-
Japanese: *nǝ̀nkǝ̀-p- / *nùnkù-p-
Comments: Poppe 39, Дыбо 1995b.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *jɨk-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to crush, grind; overthrow
Russian meaning: разрушать, размалывать; свалить
Old Turkic: jɨq- (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: jɨq- (MK)
Turkish: jɨk-
Tatar: jɨq-
Middle Turkic: jɨq- (MA, Ettuhf.)
Uzbek: jiq-
Uighur: jiq-
Azerbaidzhan: jɨx-
Turkmen: jɨq-
Khakassian: juq-
Oyrat: jɨq-, d́ɨq-
Halaj: juq-
Chuvash: śъx- (dial.)
Kirghiz: ǯɨq-
Kazakh: žɨq-
Noghai: jɨq-
Bashkir: jɨq-
Gagauz: jɨq-
Karaim: jɨq-, jɨx-
Karakalpak: žɨq-
Kumyk: jɨq-, jix-
Comments: VEWT 200, EDT 897, ЭСТЯ 4, 273-274.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *niku-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to grind, rub, knead
Russian meaning: размалывать, растирать, месить
Written Mongolian: niqu-, nuqu- (L 586)
Middle Mongolian: nuqu- (MA 316)
Khalkha: nuxa-
Buriat: ńuxa-
Kalmuck: nuxǝ-
Ordos: nuxu-
Baoan: noGǝ-
Dagur: nogu-
Monguor: nuGu- (SM 288)
Mogol: nuqu-; ZM noqu (8-2a)
Comments: KW 281, MGCD 519. Mong. > Man. ńoxu- etc., see Doerfer MT 80, Rozycki 163.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ń[i]Ki-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to gnaw, crunch 2 to swallow 3 to destroy, demolish
Russian meaning: 1 грызть, разгрызать 2 проглотить 3 разрушать(ся)
Evenki: ńeki- 1
Literary Manchu: niqča- 3
Nanai: ńikike- 2 (Kur.-Urm.)
Comments: ТМС 1, 591, 637, 651.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *nìkì-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to knead, mix
Russian meaning: месить, смешивать
Modern Korean: igi-
Middle Korean: nìkì-
Comments: Nam 119, KED 1319.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *nǝ̀nkǝ̀-p- / *nùnkù-p-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to rub, wipe (off)
Russian meaning: стирать, смахивать
Old Japanese: nogop-
Middle Japanese: nògòf-
Tokyo: nugú-
Kyoto: núgú-
Kagoshima: nùgù-
Comments: JLTT 738.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *nVq̇V
Meaning: to push, beat; grind (2 roots?)
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *neuk-, -g-
Altaic: *nĭ̀k`ú
Uralic: *ǹokkV 'peck; beak'
Kartvelian: Georg. naq̇- 'zerstampfen, kleinstoßen, klopfen'
Comments: Cf. also PIE *neik- 'Getreide schwingen'?
References: ND 1547 *ǹUḲV 'to strike, peck, hit' (IE-Ur. + Sem.). Cf. also 1543 *n̄äḲE 'to pursue, wage war' (? IE *neḱ- : dub. Alt. + Berb.?); 1613 *ńiq̇[U] 'grind, crush, rub'.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *neuk-, -g-
Meaning: to push, to drive
Old Greek: nǘssō, att. nǘttō, aor. nǘksai̯, p. nügē̂nai̯, nükhthē̂nai̯, pf. m.-p. nénügmai̯ `stossen, stechen, durchstossen'; nǘksi-s f. `Stoss, Stich', nǘgma, nǘkhma n. `Stich, Reiz', nügmó-s m. `id.', nügmǟ́ f. `id.', nǘgdǟn `stichweise'
Slavic: *nūkātī, *njūkātī
Baltic: *niuk-
Germanic: *nukk-ō- vb.
Russ. meaning: пихать, погонять
References: WP II 323 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: ну́кать,
Near etymology: -аю, сюда же понука́ть, укр. ну́кати, блр. ну́каць, др.-русск. нукнути, нюкнути (ХIV в.; см. Срезн. II, 489), сербохорв. ну̏кати, ну̏ткати (последнее производят от нуда), чеш. nuknouti, слвц. núkаt᾽ "принуждать", польск. nukać.
Further etymology: Вероятно, образовано от межд.; ср. русск. ну. Аналогично лит. niùkinti, -inu "погонять", niū̃kti, niūkiù "греметь"; см. Маценауэр, LF 11, 324 и сл.; Преобр. I, 617. Едва ли правильно предположение о родстве с греч. νεύω "киваю", лат. nuō, -еrе -- то же, nūtus, -ūs "кивок", др.-инд. návatē "оборачивается", вопреки Бернекеру (IF 10, 153), Гофману (Gr. Wb. 216), Вальде--Гофм. (2, 189).
Pages: 3,89
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *niuk-
Meaning: to drive, urge
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: { niùkinti }
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *nukkōn-
Meaning: move the head
IE etymology: IE etymology
Middle Low German: nucken `drohend den Kopf bewegen', nuck, nucke `plötzlicher Stoss, plötzliches Vor- und Hinaufstossen des Kopfes beim Stutzen etc., böse Laune, Tücke'
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : NVKV
Meaning : to push, beat; grind (2 roots?)
Eurasiatic : *nVq̇V
Afroasiatic : *nVḳ- (Sem., Berb.,Chad.) (more than one root?)
Sino-Caucasian : ST *nĕk 'strike, hit, shake', *ńēk 'press, push against', *ńōk 'rub'
Reference : ND 1547, 1543, 1613.
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