𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬌𐬲𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌

Avestan

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *nayǰ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nayǰ- (compare Sanskrit नेज् (nej)), from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ-. Compare Ancient Greek νίζω (nízō, “I wash”).[1]

Verb

𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬌𐬲𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 • (naēnižaiti) (root 𐬥𐬌𐬲‎)

(Young Avestan)
  1. to wash.

References
  1. Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*naiǰ-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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