< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nizъ
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)
- Old East Slavic: низъ (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
- Old Church Slavonic:
- 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