Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nizъ

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-Indo-European *(h₁)ni- (“down”), from *h₁én. Indo-European cognates include Old Armenian նի- (ni-), Proto-Indo-Iranian *ní.

Adverb

*nizъ

1. down, below

Preposition

*nizъ

1. through, along (+ accusative case)

Related terms

• *nicati, *nikati
• *nicь
• *ničati
• *niknǫti
• *niščь (“poor, destitute”)

Derived terms

• *nizъkъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: низъ (nizŭ)
    • Belarusian: ніз (niz)
    • Russian: низ (niz)
    • Ukrainian: низ (nyz)
  • Old Novgorodian: ниꙁъ (nizŭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: низъ (nizŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱀⰻⰸⱏ (nizŭ)

  • Bulgarian: низ- (niz-)
  • Macedonian: низ (niz)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: низ

    Latin script: niz

  • Slovene: niz
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: niz
  • Masurian: niz
  • Polish: niż

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nizъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 354
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “низ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress