Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nicь

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This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *nih₃kʷo-, from *(h₁)ni- (down), from *h₁én. Cognate with Sanskrit नीच (nīcá).

Adjective

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*nĩcь[1][2]

  1. lying face downwards

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ниц”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nicь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352:adj. jo ‘lying face downwards’
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “nȋc”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *nicь̏