Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kneygʷʰ-

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

Root

*kneygʷʰ-

to bend, droop

Derived terms

*knéygʷʰ-e-ti (root thematic present)
- Proto-Germanic: *hnīwaną (“bow”)
*kneygʷʰ-éh₁y-e-ti
- Proto-Italic: *kneiɣʷēō (“I blink”)
  - Latin: conīveō (“I blink, overlook”) (co-nīveō)
*knigʷʰ-tós
- Proto-Italic: *kniktum
  - Latin: nictō (“I blink”)

Unsorted formations

Latin: nitor (“I lean on, rest on”)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hnīwan-~*hnīgan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 236-237
Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xnīʒwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180