necto
See also: něčto
Latin
editEtymology
editUncertain. Possibly related to nōdus (“knot”) and/or nassa (“a narrow-necked basket for catching fish”). The ending may be analogous to that found in plectō (“plait, weave, braid”)[1] or pectō (“comb wool”).[2]
More information
The following roots and cognates have been proposed:
- Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”), making it cognate to Proto-Germanic *knuttô (“knot”) (whence Modern English knot), and possibly Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “a jaw”).
- Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”), whence English net, Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬀- (naska-, “bundle”), Old Irish nascaid (“to bind”).[2] This in turn is sometimes interpreted as being connected to Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“spin, sew”), the root of Latin neō (“spin, weave”).[1] The root of these forms has alternatively been reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *neh₃d-.[3]
- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nedʰ- (“to tie together”) (alternatively reconstructed as *Hnadʰ-[4] or *nedʰ-[5]), whence (possibly) Sanskrit नह्यति (nahyati) and Proto-Germanic *nastijaną.
- Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”)[4]
- Proto-Indo-European *h₁neǵʰ- (“to pierce”), the root of Old Church Slavonic ножь (nožĭ, “knife, dagger”), Proto-Slavic *nizati (“to string (to put (items) on a string)”).[3]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnek.toː/, [ˈnɛkt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnek.to/, [ˈnɛkt̪o]
Verb
editnectō (present infinitive nectere, perfect active nexī, supine nexum); third conjugation
- to connect, interweave, attach, unite; relate
- to bind, tie, fasten
- to bind by obligation, oblige, make liable
- to contrive, devise, compose, produce
- Synonym: dēdūcō
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Per Persson (1912) Beiträge zur indogermanischen Wortforschung, page 815
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J. P. Mallory, D. Q. Adams (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World, page 234
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ranko Matasović (2017) “Latin presents in -t- and the etymologies of necto ‘to weave, bind’ and flecto ‘to bend, curve’”, in Pallas[1], volume 103, , pages 37-44
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nectō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 404
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 481
Further reading
edit- “necto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “necto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- necto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.