Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/nē

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

Either from a lengthened variant of Proto-Indo-European *né (“not”), or from *méh₁ with replacement of *m- by *n-.[1]

Adverb

*nē[1]

  1. not

Derived terms

  • *nē-kʷe
    • Oscan: neip, nip, nep
    • Umbrian: neip
  • *nē-kʷis (“nobody”)
    • Oscan: nephim (acc.sg.)
    • Marrucinian: ni, nipis (nom.sg.)

Descendants

  • Latin: nē (see there for further descendants)
  • Oscan: ni
  • Umbrian: ne
  • Hernican: 𐌍𐌉 (ni)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “nē”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 403
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