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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ḳVmV
Meaning: wide
Altaic: *k`ḗmŋV
Uralic: *kumte
References: Suggested by V. Glumov.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *k`ḗmŋV
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: wide
Russian meaning: широкий
Turkic: *gēŋ
Mongolian: *kem
Tungus-Manchu: *xemŋe
Comments: Цинциус 1984, 125-126, Дыбо 12. A Western isogloss. In PT *k- would be expected; initial voicing is probably due to the influence of another Altaic root, *kĕ̀ŋi 'empty' (PT *geŋiŕ 'nasal cavity'), cf. its reflexes in Mong. (keŋkeji- 'be wide and empty'; Щербак 1997, 127 actually regards the latter as borrowed from Turkic - which is quite dubious; see TMN 3, 612-613).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *gēŋ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: wide
Russian meaning: широкий
Old Turkic: kiŋ (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: keŋ (MK)
Turkish: gen
Tatar: kiŋ
Middle Turkic: kẹŋ (Sangl., Abush., Бор. Бад.), gẹŋ (Sangl.)
Uzbek: keŋ
Uighur: käŋ
Sary-Yughur: keŋ
Azerbaidzhan: gen
Turkmen: gīŋ
Shor: keŋ
Oyrat: keŋ
Halaj: kīeŋg
Yakut: kieŋ
Dolgan: kieŋ
Kirghiz: keŋ
Kazakh: keŋ
Noghai: keŋ
Bashkir: kiŋ
Balkar: keŋ
Karaim: keŋ, ken
Karakalpak: keŋ
Kumyk: geŋ
Comments: EDT 724-725, VEWT 253, EDT 724-725, ЭСТЯ 3, 46-47, Stachowski 147.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *kem
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: limits, measure
Russian meaning: мера, пределы
Written Mongolian: kem (L 450)
Middle Mongolian: kem (SH)
Khalkha: xem
Buriat: xem
Kalmuck: kem
Ordos: kem
Dagur: kem (Тод. Даг. 149), hemeǯē (MD 160)
Comments: KW 224. Mong. > Oyr., Yak., Dolg. kem etc. (VEWT 250, Kaɫ. VI 42, Stachowski 144), Man. kemu(n) etc. (Doerfer MT 102, Rozycki 137).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xemŋe
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: wide
Russian meaning: широкий
Evenki: emŋe
Even: emŋъ
Negidal: emŋe
Ulcha: xem, xum 'all'
Orok: xemge
Oroch: emme
Udighe: eŋme
Solon: emme
Comments: ТМС 2, 450-1.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 399
Proto: *kumte
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: wide
German meaning: breit
Saam (Lapp): gǫw'dâg ~ gǫw'dâd (N) 'broad', kåptuk (L), komt (T), kōmt (Kld.), kōpt (Not.)
Mari (Cheremis): kǝ̑mδa (KB), kumδa (U), kumda (B)
Khanty (Ostyak): komǝt (V), χumǝt (Kam.) 'breit'
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