Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/názdyas

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/názdyas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nésdyos, from *nesd-. Cognate with Welsh nes (“nearer”).

Adjective

*názdyas[1]

1. comparative degree of *názdas: nearer

Adverb

*názdyas[2]

1. near

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *názdyas
  • Sanskrit: नेदीयस् (nédīyas)
• Proto-Iranian: *názdyah (see there for further descendants)

References

1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
2. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University