Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nīþą

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *néyHto- or *níHto-, from Proto-Indo-European *neyH- (“to be angry”). Related to Old Irish níth (“battle, fury”), as well as perhaps Tocharian B ñyātse (“danger, plague, distress”)[1] and Primitive Irish *ᚅᚓᚈᚐ (*neta, “warrior, champion”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniː.θɑ̃/

Noun

*nīþą n[1]

  1. hate, envy, malice

Inflection

Declension of *nīþą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *nīþą *nīþō
vocative *nīþą *nīþō
accusative *nīþą *nīþō
genitive *nīþas, *nīþis *nīþǫ̂
dative *nīþai *nīþamaz
instrumental *nīþō *nīþamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*nīþan ~ *nīþaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nītu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
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