Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/nī́ˀtis

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-.

    Noun

    *nī́ˀtis f[1]

    1. thread

    Descendants

    • Latgalian: neits
    • Latvian: nĩts
    • Lithuanian: nýtis
    • Proto-Slavic: *nìtь (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*nìtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 353