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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/neyk-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*neyk-[1][2][3]

  1. to winnow, swing grains in a mill

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *neyk-‎ (6 c, 0 e)
  • *néyk-eti
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: [Term?] (“to winnow”)
      • Latvian: niẽkât
      • Lithuanian: niekóti
  • *nik-néh₂
    • Proto-Hellenic: *niknā́ (“winnowed”)
      • ⇒ Proto-Hellenic: *niknáō (“to winnow”)
        • Ancient Greek: *νικνάω (*niknáō), *νικμάω (*nikmáō), λικμάω (likmáō), ἰκμάω (ikmáō)[4]
          • ⇒ Ancient Greek: εὐνίκμητον (euníkmēton)
          • ⇒ Ancient Greek: *νίκνον (*níknon), νίκλον (níklon)[4]
  • *nik-tó-s
    • Proto-Celtic: *nixtos (“winnowed; wheat”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “neik-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 761
  2. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*neik-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 646
  3. Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*neik-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 501
  4. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λικμάω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 861-862
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