Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/new-

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

Etymology 1

    Abstracted from *néwos, a vṛddhi derivative of *nu (“now”).

    Root

    *new- (adjectival)[1]

    2. new
    Derived terms
    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *new- (new) (44 c, 0 e)
    • *néw-o-s
    • *néw-yo-s
    • *néw-yōs (“newer”)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *naujōs, *nawajōs
        • Lithuanian: naujèsnis (with productive suffix *-esnis)
        • Proto-Slavic: *novějь (with productive suffix *-ějь) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Germanic: *niwizô (with productive suffix *-izô) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
          • Vedic Sanskrit: नव्यस् (návyas)
      • Proto-Italic:

    Etymology 2

      Root

      *new-[2]

      2. to nod, assent to
      Descendants
      Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *new- (nod) (2 c, 0 e)
      • Proto-Celtic: *nuweti
        • Old Irish: ad·noí (from *ati-nuweti)
        • Middle Irish: as·noí (from *exs-nuweti)
        • Welsh: adnau (from *ati-nowos), dinau (from *dī-nowos)
      • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Proto-Italic: *nuō
        • Latin: *nuō (attested only in compounds)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *náwatay
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *náwatay
          • Sanskrit: नवते (návate)

      References

      1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 524-6
      2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 455-6
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