Bashkir

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Etymology

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The only reliable cognate is Kazakh ену (enu, to enter, go in). Thus, this is a very peculiar regional feature shared by only these two languages.

Generally thought to derive from Proto-Turkic *ēn- (to go down).[1][2] However, no adequate explanation has been presented as to how this peculiar semantic transformation ("go down" > "enter") could have taken place, or why only in these two languages but not elsewhere.

Verb

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инеү (inew)

  1. to enter

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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ēn-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) “и:н-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Nauka, page 353