Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/*snígʷʰs

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

From *sneygʷʰ- (“to snow”), whence also *snóygʷʰos.

Noun

**snígʷʰs f

1. snow

   Synonyms: *ǵʰéyōm (also “winter”), *snóygʷʰos

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
	singular
nominative	*snígʷʰs
genitive	*snigʷʰés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*snígʷʰs	*snígʷʰh₁(e)	*snígʷʰes
vocative	*snígʷʰ	*snígʷʰh₁(e)	*snígʷʰes
accusative	*snígʷʰm̥	*snígʷʰh₁(e)	*snígʷʰm̥s
genitive	*snigʷʰés	*?	*snigʷʰóHom
ablative	*snigʷʰés	*?	*snigʷʰmós, *snigʷʰbʰós
dative	*snigʷʰéy	*?	*snigʷʰmós, *snigʷʰbʰós
locative	*snígʷʰ, *snígʷʰi	*?	*snigʷʰsú
instrumental	*snigʷʰéh₁	*?	*snigʷʰmís, *snigʷʰbʰís

Descendants

• Celtic:
  • Old Irish: snige (“drip, flowing”) (< *snigʷyā); snechtae (“snow”)
    • Irish: sneachta
    • Manx: sniaghtey
    • Scottish Gaelic: sneachda
  • Welsh: nyf (< *snigʷo-)
• Proto-Hellenic: *hníkʷʰs
  • Ancient Greek: νίφα (nípha, acc. sg.)
• Indo-Iranian:
  • Sanskrit: स्निह् (sníh)
  • Shughni: жиниҷ (žiniǰ)
• Proto-Italic: *sniks
  • Latin: nix
• Tocharian:
  • Tocharian B: śiñcatstse* (“snowy”), adjectival derivative (cited, as normal, in its masculine nominative singular form, which is projectable from the attested masculine accusative & genitive singulars) of fully-unattested *śiñce (“snow”) < a Proto-Indo-European *snigʷʰ-ēn-

References

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• Watkins, Calvert (1985) “sneigʷh-”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt