Proto-Altaic: *oŋne
Meaning: same, self; lonely
Russian meaning: тот самый, сам; одинокий
Comments: Ozawa 62-63. The original meaning should be probably reconstructed as "self", with a further development > "lonely" (Mong. "orphan"), typologically a frequent case (cf. Polish sam - samotny etc.), whence Old Turkic "desolate, deserted". altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-jap,altet-reference,