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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/netьjь

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

Etymology

From earlier *neptьjь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nep(ō)t-, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts:

  • Derksen: *(h₂)nep-t-y-o-
  • ЭССЯ: *neptyos, extended form of *ne-pōt- (“underage, non-independent > young unmarried family member”). Related to *pótis (“master, husband”).
    Compare Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (naptiia).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian nepuotis (“grandson, granddaughter”), neptis (“grandson”).

Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit नपात् (napāt, “descendant, grandson”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬞𐬁𐬝, 𐬥𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀𐬭‎ (napāt̰, naptar), Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós, “cousin”) (< *sm̥-neptiyos), Latin nepōs (“grandchild, offspring”), Proto-Germanic *nefô (> Old English nefa (“grandson, nephew”)).

Noun

*netьjь m[1]

  1. nephew

Inflection

See also

Descendants

  • Church Slavonic: нетии (netij)
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: нетии (netij)
      • Ukrainian: нетии (netyy)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: нетии (netij), нети (neti)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: не̏ћа̄к
      Latin: nȅćāk, netjak, nećac, nećaca
    • Slovene: nečák, netják (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: nieć, niesć
  • → Proto-Germanic: *neþija (“relative”)

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*netьjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350: “m. io ‘nephew’”
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