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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ní

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ní.

Adverb

*ní [1]

  1. down, downwards
  2. in, into

Derived terms
  • Indo-Aryan: *nīcás
    • Sanskrit: नीच (nīcá, “low”)
      • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
        • Bengali: নিচ (nic)
      • Maharastri Prakrit: [Term?]
        • Marathi: नीच (nīc)
      • Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]

Descendants
  • Indo-Aryan: *ní
  • Iranian: *ní
    • Avestan: 𐬥𐬍‎ (nī)
    • Khotanese: ni- (ni-), nä- (nä-)
    • Kurdish: ni- (eg. in nivistin (“to sleep”))
    • Old Persian: 𐎴 (ni) (in 𐎴-𐎱𐎮𐎹 (ni-padiy, “on the trail of”))
      • Middle Persian: n- (ni)
        • Persian: ن-‎ (ne) (eg. in نشستن‎ (nešastan, “to sit”))
    • Parthian: n-
    • Sogdian: [script needed] (n-) (in [script needed] (npys-, “to write down”))
  • Nuristani: *ní
    • Northern Nuristani:
      • Kamkata-viri:
        Kamviri: ni
        Kativiri: ni

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project)‎, Leiden University
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