Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/netьjь

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

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

Derksen: *(h₂)nep-t-y-o-
ЭССЯ: *neptyos, extended form of *ne-pōt- (“underage, non-independent > young unmarried family member”). Related to *pótis (“master, husband”).
Compare Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (naptiia).

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”)).

Noun

*netьjь m [1]

nephew

Inflection

Declension of *netьjь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*netьjь	*netьja	*netьji
Accusative	*netьjь	*netьja	*netьję̇
Genitive	*netьja	*netьju	*netьjь
Locative	*netьji	*netьju	*netьjixъ
Dative	*netьju	*netьjema	*netьjemъ
Instrumental	netьjьmь, netьjemь^*	*netьjema	*netьji
Vocative	*netьju	*netьja	*netьji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

Church Slavonic: нетии (netii)

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: нетии (netii)
  - Ukrainian: нетии (netyy)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: нетии (netii), нети (neti)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: не̏ћа̄к
  
  Latin: nȅćāk, netjak, nećac, nećaca
- Slovene: nečák, netják (tonal orthography)

West Slavic:
- Old Polish: nieć, niesć

→ Proto-Germanic: *neþija (“relative”)

References

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’”

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[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’”