𐌍𐌑𐌓

South Picene

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nēr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr.

Noun

𐌍𐌑𐌓 • (nír) (nominative singular)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: man, hero, leader, chief, nobleman
   • Sp TE 6/Interamnia Praetuttiorum 2:

     𐌔𐌀𐌚𐌉𐌍𐌞𐌌 𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌚

     safinúm nerf

     the (men/heroes/leaders?) of the Sabines

   • Discovered in 1943, Loro Piceno stele:

     𐌀𐌐𐌀𐌄𐌔⁝𐌒𐌖𐌐𐌀𐌕[?⁝𐌄?]𐌔𐌌𐌑𐌍⁝𐌐𐌞𐌐𐌞𐌍𐌉𐌔⁝𐌍𐌑𐌓⁝𐌌𐌄𐌚𐌉𐌑𐌍⁝𐌅𐌄𐌉𐌀𐌕⁝𐌅𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌑

     apaes qupat[? e?]smín púpúnis nír mefiín veiat vepetí

     The nobleman lies, the chief of the Picenes (?) is (?), in the middle of this tomb.

Declension

• 𐌍𐌄𐌓𐌚 (nerf, accusative plural)

References

• Michael Weiss (1998 January 1) “On some problems of final syllables in South Picene”, in Mír Curad: Studies in Honor of Calvert Walkins‎^[2] (in South Picene)
• “The Languages of Italy”, in Mother Tongues and Other Reflections on the Italian Language‎^[3], University of Toronto Press, 2003 January 3, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 35–48
• James Clackson (2015) “Subgrouping in the Sabellian branch of Indo-European”, in Transactions of the Philological Society‎^[4], volume 113, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 4–37
• Enrico Benelli (2017 November 20) Problems in Identifying Central Italic Ethnic Groups‎^[5], De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 89–104
• James Clackson (2017) South Picene brímeqlúí and brímeidinais‎^[6] (in English)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN