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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/nē

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 This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ne.

Adverb

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*nē[1]

  1. not

Derived terms

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  • *nē-kʷe
    • Oscan: neip, nip, nep
    • Umbrian: neip
  • *nē-kʷis (“nobody”)

Descendants

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  • Latin: nē (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: ni
  • Umbrian: ne

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nē”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 403
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