Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nitь

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 This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nī́ˀtis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)nh₁itis, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, sew”). Cognate with Latvian nĩts (“(warp) thread”), Lithuanian nýtis (“(warp) thread”). Also cognate with Ancient Greek νέω (néō, “to spin”), Latin nēre (“to spin, weave”), Welsh nyddu (“to spin”), Sanskrit स्नायति (snāyati), Proto-Germanic *nēþlō and English needle.

Noun

*nìtь f

  1. thread

Declension

Declension of *nìtь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *nìtь *nìti *nìti
genitive *nìtī *nìtьju, *nìťu* *nìtьjь, *nìtī*
dative *nìti *nìtьma *nìtьmъ
accusative *nìtь *nìti *nìti
instrumental *nìtьjǫ, *nìťǭ* *nìtьma *nìtьmī
locative *nìtī *nìtьju, *nìťu* *nìtьxъ
vocative *niti *nìti *nìti

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nìtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 353: “f. i (a) ‘thread’”
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*nitь/*піtъ/*піtа/*піtjа”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 130
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “нить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “нить”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 91
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “nȉt”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
  • “Proto-Slavic/nitь”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė , 2007–2012

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “nitь niti niti”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 137f., 155, 188; PR 132)”
  2. ^ Dybo, Vladimir A. (1974‒1975) Лекции по славянской исторической акцентологии (рукописные конспекты) ‎ (in Russian), Moscow, page 29: “ni̋tь ― ni̋tʹ”
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