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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-níd-

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This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

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Alternative reconstructions

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  • *ḱh₃nid-, *ḱ(o)nid-, *k(o)nid-, *gʰ(o)nid-, *knid-, *ḱnid-, *sknid-, *snid-, *onid-.

Etymology

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Believed by Kroonen to be a non-Indo-European substrate word related to Latin lēns (id.),[1] though the latter may also be a direct, nasally dissimilated reflex of this root. Words for 'louse' and 'nit' are frequently subject to irregular tabooistic changes.

Noun

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*-níd-

  1. nit, louse egg

Descendants

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  • Proto-Albanian: *tsanidā
  • Proto-Armenian: *anic
    • Old Armenian: անիծ (anic) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gnī́ˀdāˀ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Celtic: *snidā
  • Proto-Germanic: *hnits (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic:

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2012) “Non-Indo-European root nouns in Germanic: Evidence in support of the Agricultural Substrate Hypothesis”, in Riho Grünthal, Petri Kallio, editors, A Linguistic History of Prehistoric Northern Europe, Helsinki: Société Finno-Ougrienne, pages 239-260