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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/netьjь
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Slavic
Etymology
From earlier *neptьjь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nep(ō)t-, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts:
- Derksen: *(h₂)nep-t-y-o-
- ЭССЯ: *neptyos, extended form of *ne-pōt- (“underage, non-independent > young unmarried family member”). Related to *pótis (“master, husband”).
- Compare Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬌𐬌𐬀 (naptiia).
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian nepuotis (“grandson, granddaughter”), neptis (“grandson”).
Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit नपात् (napāt, “descendant, grandson”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬞𐬁𐬝, 𐬥𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀𐬭 (napāt̰, naptar), Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós, “cousin”) (< *sm̥-neptiyos), Latin nepōs (“grandchild, offspring”), Proto-Germanic *nefô (> Old English nefa (“grandson, nephew”)).
Inflection
Declension of *netьjь (soft o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *netьjь | *netьja | *netьji |
| Accusative | *netьjь | *netьja | *netьję̇ |
| Genitive | *netьja | *netьju | *netьjь |
| Locative | *netьji | *netьju | *netьjixъ |
| Dative | *netьju | *netьjema | *netьjemъ |
| Instrumental | *netьjьmь, *netьjemь* | *netьjema | *netьji |
| Vocative | *netьju | *netьja | *netьji |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: нетии (netii)
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: нетии (netii)
- Ukrainian: нетии (netyy)
- Old East Slavic: нетии (netii)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Polish: nieć, niesć
- → Proto-Germanic: *neþija (“relative”)
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “нетии”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1997), “*neptьjь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 24, Moscow: Nauka, page 224
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*netьjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350: “m. io ‘nephew’”
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