Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁neḱ-

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

Etymology

Conflated with *h₂neḱ- (“to reach, attain”) by Pokorny.

Root

*h₁neḱ-

1. to receive, take away

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁neḱ- (4 c, 0 e)

• *h₁é-h₁n̥ḱ-e-t (reduplicated aorist)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *enēnke- (from intermediate *h₁ne-h₁n̥ḱe-t)
    • Ancient Greek: ἐνεγκεῖν (enenkeîn, infinitive), ἤνεγκα (ḗnenka) (aorist of φέρω (phérō))
• *h₁e-h₁nóḱ-e ~ *h₁e-h₁n̥ḱ-ḗr (stative)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • ⇒ Ancient Greek: κατ-ήνοκα (kat-ḗnoka)
    • Ancient Greek: ἐνήνοχα (enḗnokha) (with secondary reduplication and aspiration)
• Unsorted derivations:
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *neśtei (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Slavic: *nosìti (iterative) (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ὄγκος (ónkos, “mass, burden”) (with Schwebeablaut; or from the same source as the meaning "barbs of an arrow", viz. from *h₂ónkos)