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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/nadíH
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ned-íh₂, from *ned- (“thundering, roaring, rushing”) + *-íh₂. Lubotsky connects it to Ancient Greek Νέδα (Néda, “name of a river”), Middle Low German Nette (“name of a river”).
Noun
*nadíH f[1]
- river
Declension
| yaH-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *nadíH | *nadíH | *nadíH́s |
| vocative | *nadíH | *nadíH | *nadíH́s |
| accusative | *nadíHm | *nadíH | *nadíH́s |
| instrumental | *nadyáH | *nadíHbʰyā(m) | *nadíHbʰiš |
| ablative | *nadyáHs | *nadíHbʰyā(m) | *nadíHbʰyas |
| dative | *nadyáy | *nadíHbʰyā(m) | *nadíHbʰyas |
| genitive | *nadyáHs | *nadíyās | *nadíHnām |
| locative | *nadyáH | *nadíyaw | *nadíHsu |
Descendants
- Indo-Aryan: *nadíH
- Sanskrit: नदी (nadī́) (see there for further descendants)
- Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
- Assamese: নৈ (noi)
- Pali: nadī
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑀻 (ṇī)
- Hindi: नई (naī) (obsolete)
- Rajasthani: नंदी (unexplained nasalization)
- Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
- Sanskrit: नदी (nadī́) (see there for further descendants)
- Iranian: *nadíH
- Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬍𐬨 (anaiδīm, “across the river”)
References
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University