Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nizъ

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ni- (“down”), from *h₁én. Indo-European cognates include Old Armenian նի- (ni-), Proto-Indo-Iranian *ní.

Adverb

*nizъ

down, below

Preposition

*nizъ

through, along (+ accusative case)

Related terms

*nicati, *nikati
*nicь
*ničati
*niknǫti
*niščь (“poor, destitute”)

Derived terms

*nizъkъ

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: низъ (nizŭ)
  - Belarusian: ніз (niz)
  - Russian: низ (niz)
  - Ukrainian: низ (nyz)
- Old Novgorodian: ниꙁъ (nizŭ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic: низъ (nizŭ)
  Glagolitic: ⱀⰻⰸⱏ (nizŭ)
- Bulgarian: низ- (niz-)
- Macedonian: низ (niz)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: низ
  Latin: niz
- Slovene: niz
West Slavic:
- Czech: niz

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nizъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 354
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “низ”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress