Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/nei

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ney.

Conjunction

*nei[1][2]

neither, nor

Descendants

Lithuanian: neĩ
Latvian: neî
Proto-Slavic: *ni (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ni”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 352: “*ni”
Derksen, Rick (2015) “nei”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331: “*nei”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ni”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 352: “*ni”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) “nei”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331: “*nei”