Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/nébʰos
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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European
Etymology
From *nebʰ- (“to become damp, cloudy”) + *-os.
In a number of derived words the meaning shifts to "sky" or "heaven".
Noun
*nébʰos n (oblique stem *nébʰes-)
Inflection
| Athematic, acrostatic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *nébʰos | ||
| genitive | *nébʰesos | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *nébʰos | *nébʰesih₁ | *nébʰōs |
| vocative | *nébʰos | *nébʰesih₁ | *nébʰōs |
| accusative | *nébʰos | *nébʰesih₁ | *nébʰōs |
| genitive | *nébʰesos | *? | *nébʰesoHom |
| ablative | *nébʰesos | *? | *nébʰesmos, *nébʰesbʰos |
| dative | *nébʰesey | *? | *nébʰesmos, *nébʰesbʰos |
| locative | *nébʰes, *nébʰesi | *? | *nébʰesu |
| instrumental | *nébʰesh₁ | *? | *nébʰesmis, *nébʰesbʰis |
Derived terms
- *nebʰ-el-
- Proto-Albanian: *abula (from *n̥bʰel-)
- Albanian: avull
- Proto-Germanic: *nibilaz, *nebulaz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *nepʰélā
- Ancient Greek: νεφέλη (nephélē)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *nabʰar-
- Nuristani:
- Ashkun: (nalī́) (from *nabʰalikā-)
- Kamviri: (niru)
- Nuristani:
- Proto-Italic: *neβelā
- Latin: nebula
- Proto-Albanian: *abula (from *n̥bʰel-)
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-Anatolian: *nébos
- Armenian: > *m̥bʰos
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *néba
- Proto-Slavic: *nȅbo (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *nemos
- Proto-Hellenic: *népʰos
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *nábʰas