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-SlavicEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

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)).

NounEdit

*netьjь m[1]

  1. nephew

InflectionEdit

See alsoEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Proto-Germanic: *neþija (relative)

Further readingEdit

ReferencesEdit

  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’”