Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/nizъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)ni- (“down”), from *h₁én. Indo-European cognates include Old Armenian նի- (ni-), Proto-Indo-Iranian *ní.
Adverb
*nizъ
Preposition
*nizъ
- through, along (+ accusative case)
Related terms
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: niz
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*nizъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 354
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “низ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress