Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/sniks

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This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *snéygʷʰs.

Noun

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*sniks f[1]

  1. snow

Declension

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consonant stemDeclension of *sniks (consonant stem)
case singular plural
nominative *sniks *sniɣʷes
vocative *sniks *sniɣʷes
accusative *sniɣʷem *sniɣʷens
genitive *sniɣʷes, sniɣʷos *sniɣʷom
dative *sniɣʷei *sniɣʷβos
ablative *sniɣʷi? sniɣʷe? *sniɣʷβos
locative *sniɣʷi? sniɣʷe? *sniɣʷβos

Descendants

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  • Latin: nix

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ningit, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 409-10