*jān(u)-

to threaten

Proto-Turkic: *jān(u)-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *ŋḗnu
Russian meaning: угрожать
Turkic: *jān(u)-
Mongolian: *naŋ-si-
Tungus-Manchu: *ŋen-
Japanese: *una-kas-
Comments: VEWT 184, EDT 942, ЭСТЯ 4, 114, Лексика 564. Turk. > WMong. ǯanu-, Kalm. zan- (KW 466). The Turkm. form is related to *jenč- 'crush' in ЭСТЯ 185; the latter has also a variant *janč-, and the Turkm. form may in fact reflect a contamination of these two roots.
Old Turkic: jan- (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: jan- (MK)
Tatar: jana-, dial. janu-
Uzbek: jan-
Uighur: ǯonu-
Azerbaidzhan: janɨ- (dial.)
Turkmen: jān-ǯa- 'to reproach'
Yakut: sān-
Bashkir: jana-
Balkar: žan-, žaŋ-, ǯanɨ-, zanɨ-
Gagauz: jān-