Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/nebʰ-

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

    *nebʰ-[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

    1. to become damp, cloudy

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nebʰ- (0 c, 11 e)
    • *nébʰ-eti ~ *nébʰ-onti (thematic imperfective)[2]
      • Proto-Hellenic: *népʰō
        • Ancient Greek: σῠννέφει (sŭnnéphei), σῠννέφω (sŭnnéphō)
    • *ne-nóbʰ-e ~ *ne-mbʰ-ḗr (reduplicated stative)[2]
      • Proto-Hellenic: *nenopʰa
        • Ancient Greek: σῠννένοφᾰ (sŭnnénophă)
    • *nébʰ-o-s (see there for further descendants)
    • *nebʰ-e-lo-s
      • Proto-Germanic: *nebulō[4], *nebulaz[4], *nebalaz[5] (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic: *nepʰélā[6]
      • Proto-Italic: *neβelā[7]
        • Latin: nebula (see there for further descendants)
    • *n̥bʰ-ró-s (see there for further descendants)
    • *n̥bʰ-tó-s
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *nabʰtás
        • Proto-Iranian: *nabtás
          • Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀 (napta, moist, wet)
          • Khwarezmian: [script needed] (nβdk), [script needed] (nβc), [script needed] (nβdc)
          • Parthian: 𐫗𐫜𐫤 (nft)
          • Pashto: [script needed] (nūnd), [script needed] (nūmd)
          • Old Persian: *naftah (moist, wet)
          • Sogdian:
            Christian: ܢܒܬܐܟ, ܢܒܬܟ
            Manichaean: Sogdian: 𐫗𐫂𐫎𐫏𐫏 (nβṯyy), 𐫗𐫂𐫤𐫏𐫏 (nβtyy)
    • (possibly) *nébʰ-tu-s

    References

    1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “enebh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 315-316
    2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “1. *nebʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 448
    3. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*nebʰ-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 499-504
    4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “nevel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
    5. 5.0 5.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*nebala-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 386
    6. 6.0 6.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “νεφέλη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1012
    7. 7.0 7.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nebula”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 404
    8. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*nab”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 276