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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *č`VnV
Meaning: narrow, thin
Kartvelian: Georg. č̣an-, č̣nav- 'lean, meager'
References: ND 425 *č̣enʔV 'narrow, thin' (+ ECush. Brj). nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-ura,nostret-kart,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *sten(w)-
Meaning: narrow, tight
Old Greek: stenó-, ion. stẹ̄nó-, aeol. (Gramm.) `eng, eingeengt, schmal, knapp, schmächtig', ep. stẹ̄̂nos `Enge, enger Raum; Gedränge, Bedrängnis'
Russ. meaning: узкий, тугой
piet-meaning,piet-greek,piet-germ,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *sténɵia-
Meaning: firm, hard
Old Norse: stinn-r, stiδ-r `steif, stark, tüchtig'
Norwegian: stinn
Swedish: stinn
Danish: stind
Old English: stīɵ `stiff, hard'
Old Frisian: stīth
germet-meaning,germet-prnum,germet-onord,germet-norw,germet-swed,germet-dan,germet-oengl,germet-ofris,
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1889
Root: sten-2
English meaning: narrow
German meaning: `eng, einengen'?
Material: Alt. στενός, ion. στεινός `eng' (*στεν-ό-ς), hom. τὸ στει̃νος `Enge, enger Raum; Gedränge, Bedrängnis (so auch att. τὸ στένος)', στενυγρός `eng', Στενύ-κληρος (στεν-υ- : στεν-ο-); στάνει (σ)τείνεται συμβέβυσται Hes.; vielleicht zu *sten-to- in aisl. stinnr `steif, fest, hart, stark', ags. stīð, afries. stīth ds., das Holthausen weiter zu lett. stinte `Eiszapfen' stellt.
References: WP. II 627; Holthausen Aengl. Etym. Wb. 323.
Pages: 1021-1022
pokorny-root,pokorny-meaning,pokorny-ger_mean,pokorny-material,pokorny-ref,pokorny-pages,pokorny-piet,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 1233
Proto: *čenV (*čēnV)
English meaning: small; thin, narrow
German meaning: klein; dünn, schmal
Finnish: hieno 'fein, zart; dünn; schmal' ( > Udm. heeno; Est. dial. hienukkane; Saam. Inari heä̀dńu) ?
Komi (Zyrian): ǯeni̮d (S), V ǯeńid, P ǯeni̮t, PO ǯi.nøt 'kurz' ?
K. Redei's notes: Finn. und lud. o sowie syrj. i̮d, i̮t sind Ableitungssuffixe. Die Zusammengehörigkeit der ostseefinn. Wörter mit syrj. ǯeni̮d ist semantisch unsicher. Vgl. jedoch wotj. S K vakči 'kurz'~ ikče-vakči 'klein'; ung. rövid 'kurz' ~ 'kevés, kicsi; wenig, klein' (ÉSz.).
Addenda: Lüd. (Kuj.) hien, hieno 'hieno, ohut, hoikka, pieni; fein, dünn, schmal, klein'
References: Lindström: Suomi 1852:20; VglWb. 731; Anderson, Wandl. 30; Hakulinen: Vir. 1927:217, 1965: 19, 21; SKES; ESK.
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-fin,uralet-kom,uralet-redei,uralet-add,uralet-lit,
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Borean (approx.) : CVNV
Meaning : narrow
Amerind (misc.) : *cian 'narrow' (R 496) globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-amer,
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