Reconstruction:Latin/nuo
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Latin
Etymology
Unattested verb only found in compounds (see derived terms below), from Proto-Italic *nuō, from Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νεύω (neúō, “to nod”), Sanskrit नवते (návate, “to move”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnu.oː/,
Verb
*nuō (present infinitive *nuere, perfect active *nuī, supine *nūtum); third conjugation
- to nod
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- “annuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-nuō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 419-20