𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬌𐬲𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌
Avestan
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *nayǰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nayǰ- (compare Sanskrit नेज् (nej)), from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ-. Compare Ancient Greek νίζω (nízō, “I wash”).[1]
Verb
𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬌𐬲𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 • (naēnižaiti) (root 𐬥𐬌𐬲)
(Young Avestan)
- to wash.
References
- Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*naiǰ-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN