Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/nébʰos
Proto-Indo-European
editEtymology
editFrom *nebʰ- (“to become damp, cloudy”) + *-os.
In a number of derived words the meaning shifts to "sky" or "heaven", as the sky was thought to be the dwelling place of various deities, esp. *dyḗws ph₂tḗr (“sky father”), the chief sky-god.
Noun
edit*nébʰos n (oblique stem *nébʰes-)
Inflection
editAthematic, acrostatic | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *nébʰos | ||
genitive | *nébʰesos | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *nébʰos | *nébʰesih₁ | *nébʰōs |
vocative | *nébʰos | *nébʰesih₁ | *nébʰōs |
accusative | *nébʰos | *nébʰesih₁ | *nébʰōs |
genitive | *nébʰesos | *? | *nébʰesoHom |
ablative | *nébʰesos | *? | *nébʰesmos |
dative | *nébʰesey | *? | *nébʰesmos |
locative | *nébʰes, *nébʰesi | *? | *nébʰesu |
instrumental | *nébʰesh₁ | *? | *nébʰesmis |
Derived terms
edit- *nebʰ-el-
- Proto-Albanian: *abula (from *n̥bʰel-)
- Albanian: avull
- Proto-Germanic: *nibilaz, *nebulaz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *nepʰélā
- Ancient Greek: νεφέλη (nephélē)
- Proto-Italic: *neβelā
- Latin: nebula
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *nabʰar-
- Nuristani:
- Ashkun: [script needed] (nalī́) (from *nabʰalikā-)
- Kamviri: [script needed] (niru)
- Nuristani:
- Proto-Albanian: *abula (from *n̥bʰel-)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-Anatolian: *nébos (see there for further descendants)
- Armenian: > *m̥bʰos
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *néba (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *nemos (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *népʰos (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *nábʰas (see there for further descendants)