Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/nagā́ˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓgʰs.

Noun

*nagā́ˀ f[1]

nail
leg

Descendants

Lithuanian: nagà, nãgas
Latvian: nagas (nom. pl.)
Latgalian: nogs
Old Prussian: nage
Proto-Slavic: *noga (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2015), “naga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015), “naga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327