Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/neyH-

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

Neo-root from a reanalysis of *(s)neh₁- (“to turn”) +‎ *-éyti, with the root laryngeal metathesized to after the *-y- suffix.^[1]

Root

*neyH-^[2]^[3]^[4]

to lead
to churn (dairy products)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *neyH- (12 c, 0 e)

*néyH-e-ti (thematic present)
- Hittite: [Term?] (/⁠nēanzi⁠/, 3pl)^[2]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *náyHati (see there for further descendants)
*niH-tó-s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *niHtás
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *niHtás
    - Sanskrit: नीत (nītá) (see there for further descendants)
  - Proto-Iranian: *niHtáh
    - Manichaean Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠n'yd⁠/)^[4]
*niH-lós
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *niHlás
  - Sanskrit: नील (nīla)
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Slavic: *něti^[5] (see there for further descendants)
- Latgalian: panejis
- Latvian: paniņas

References

^ Kloekhorst, Alwin, Lubotsky, Alexander (2014) “Hittite nai-, nē-, Sanskrit nī-, and the PIE Verbal Root *sneh₁-”, in H. Craig Melchert, Elisabeth Rieken, Thomas Steer, editors, Munus amicitiae Norbert Oettinger a collegis et amicis dicatum, Ann Arbor, New York: Beech Stave Press, pages 126–138
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*nei̯H-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 450
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “nay-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*naiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*něti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 105

[1] Kloekhorst, Alwin, Lubotsky, Alexander (2014) “Hittite nai-, nē-, Sanskrit nī-, and the PIE Verbal Root *sneh₁-”, in H. Craig Melchert, Elisabeth Rieken, Thomas Steer, editors, Munus amicitiae Norbert Oettinger a collegis et amicis dicatum, Ann Arbor, New York: Beech Stave Press, pages 126–138

[LIV-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*nei̯H-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 450

[IAIL-3] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “nay-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[EDIV-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*naiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278

[5] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*něti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 105

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