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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/neks

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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 *neḱs (death), from the root *neḱ- (to perish, disappear).

Noun

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*neks f[1]

  1. death, slaughter

Inflection

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Declension of *neks (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *neks *nekes
vocative *neks *nekes
accusative *nekem *nekens
genitive *nekes, nekos *nekom
dative *nekei *nekβos
ablative *neki? neke? *nekβos
locative *neki? neke? *nekβos
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Descendants

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  • Latin: nex

References

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  1. ^ 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