Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/

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

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    Particle

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    *né[1][2]

    1. not

    Derived terms

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    • *n̥- (see there for further descendants)
    • *ne-h₁ or *né eh₁[1]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nē
        • Lithuanian: nė̃ (not even)
        • Proto-Slavic: *ně
          • Old Church Slavonic: нѣ ()
        • >? Proto-Slavic: *ně- (some but indefinite who) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Germanic: *nē
      • >? Proto-Italic: *nē (or from *meh₁, with replacement of m- by n-) (see there for further descendants)
    • *né íh₁[1] or *né-y[3]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nei (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Germanic: *nai (not, never)
      • >? Proto-Indo-Iranian:
      • Proto-Italic: *nei
    • *né-kʷe (and not)
      • Proto-Anatolian:
        • Hittite: [script needed] (nekku, not?)[4]
      • Proto-Celtic: *nekʷe (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Germanic: *nehw (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Italic:

    Descendants

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    • Proto-Albanian: *ne uka
      • Albanian: nuk (not, doesn’t)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ne (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Celtic: *ne (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *ne, *ni (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ná (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *nē (see there for further descendants)

    See also

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    References

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    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 530-549
    2. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117
    3. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 408
    4. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “nekku”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 601-602

    Further reading

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