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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/neks
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *neḱs (“death”), from the root *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /neks/
Noun
*neks f[1]
- death, slaughter
Inflection
| consonant stemDeclension of *neks (consonant stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *neks | *nekes |
| vocative | *neks | *nekes |
| accusative | *nekem | *nekens |
| genitive | *nekes, nekos | *nekom |
| dative | *nekei | *nekəβos |
| ablative | *neki? neke? | *nekəβos |
| locative | *neki? neke? | *nekəβos |
Related terms
- *nokeō
Descendants
- Latin: nex
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN