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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/sniks

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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 *snéygʷʰs.

    Noun

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    *sniks f[1]

    1. snow

    Declension

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    Declension of *sniks (consonant stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *sniks *sniɣʷes
    vocative *sniks *sniɣʷes
    accusative *sniɣʷem *sniɣʷens
    genitive *sniɣʷes, sniɣʷos *sniɣʷom
    dative *sniɣʷei *sniɣʷβos
    ablative *sniɣʷi? sniɣʷe? *sniɣʷβos
    locative *sniɣʷi? sniɣʷe? *sniɣʷβos

    Descendants

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    • Latin: nix

    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ningit, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 409-10