Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ni-

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ní (“down, inside”), possibly from *h₁én (“in”).[1]

Prefix

*ni-

  1. down

Descendants

  • Old Irish: ni-

References

  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “nitio-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 235
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