Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/neyk-

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

*neyk-^[1]^[2]^[3]

to winnow, swing grains in a mill

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *neyk- (6 c, 0 e)

*néyk-eti
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: [Term?] (“to winnow”)
  - Latvian: niẽkât
  - Lithuanian: niekóti
*nik-néh₂
- Proto-Hellenic: *niknā́ (“winnowed”)
  - ⇒ Proto-Hellenic: *niknáō (“to winnow”)
    - Ancient Greek: *νικνάω (*niknáō), *νικμάω (*nikmáō), λικμάω (likmáō), ἰκμάω (ikmáō)^[4]
      - ⇒ Ancient Greek: εὐνίκμητον (euníkmēton)
      - ⇒ Ancient Greek: *νίκνον (*níknon), νίκλον (níklon)^[4]
*nik-tó-s
- Proto-Celtic: *nixtos (“winnowed; wheat”) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “neik-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 761
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*neik-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 646
^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*neik-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 501
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λικμάω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 861-862

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “neik-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 761

[2] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*neik-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 646

[3] Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*neik-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 501

[EDG-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λικμάω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 861-862

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