Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/níďďō

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This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ-ye-, from *neygʷ- (to wash).[1]

Verb

*níďďō

  1. to wash

Inflection

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: νίζω (nízō)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νίζω, -ομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1020-1