Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ní

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ní

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed words 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 *ní.

Adverb

*ní[1]

1. down, downwards
2. in, into

Derived terms

• Indo-Aryan: *nīcás
  • Sanskrit: नीच (nīcá, “low”)
    • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
      • Bengali: নিচ (nic)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: [Term?]
      • Marathi: नीच (nīc)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
      • Gujarati: નીચ (nīc), નીચું (nīcũ), નીચે (nīce)
      • Hindi: नीच (nīc), नीचा (nīcā), नीचे (nīce)
      • Punjabi: ਨੀਚ (nīch), ਨੀਚਾ (nīchā)

Descendants

• Indo-Aryan: *ní
  • Sanskrit: नि (ní)
• Iranian: *ní
  • Avestan: 𐬥𐬍‎ (nī)
  • Khotanese: ni- (ni-), nä- (nä-)
  • Kurdish: ni- (eg. in nivistin (“to sleep”))
  • Old Persian: 𐎴 (ni) (in 𐎴-𐎱𐎮𐎹 (ni-padiy, “on the trail of”))
    • Middle Persian: n- (ni)
      • Persian: ن-‎ (ne) (eg. in نشستن‎ (nešastan, “to sit”))
  • Parthian: n-
  • Sogdian: [script needed] (n-) (in [script needed] (npys-, “to write down”))
• Nuristani: *ní
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: ni

      Kativiri: ni

References

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