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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/neh₂w-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*neh₂w-

  1. to die, perish
  2. to lack
  3. death

Derived terms
  • *nowh₂ny-o-
    • Proto-Celtic: *nowinyos[1]
      • Brythonic:
        • Middle Welsh: newyn (“hunger”)
          • Welsh: newyn (“hunger, starvation, famine”)
        • Breton: naoun (“hunger, starvation, famine”)
      • Goidelic:
  • *nuh₂-eh₂ (verbal stem)
  • *neh₂w-is
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nāˀwis
      • Proto-Slavic: *navь (see there for further descendants)
      • Latvian: nāve (“death”),
      • Lithuanian: nõvis (“death”),
      • Old Prussian: nowis (“body, flesh”)
    • Proto-Germanic: *nawiz (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations
  • Proto-Tocharian:
    • Tocharian A: nwām (“sick”)

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “newyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “naut-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
  3. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “onuwaññe”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 120-121
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