ningit

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- (to snow).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

ningit (present infinitive ningere, perfect active nīnxit); third conjugation, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to snow; to be snowing

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Romanian: ninge
  • Central Italian: nigne (Maceratese), nengue (Umbrian)

References

  • ningit”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ningit”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ningit in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ningit, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 409-10