Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/niknǫti

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This Proto-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-Slavic

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Etymology

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Per Derksen, from the root of *nicь (lying face downwards), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-h₃kʷo- with the Slavic progressive palatalization, from the root *ni-. Cognate with Sanskrit नि (ni, downwards), नीचा (nīcā́, downwards).[1]

Per Vasmer, there are two etymologically separate verbs here, one with the approximate meaning "to droop, to wilt" and coming from the root of *nicь as above, and another with the approximate meaning "to arise, to penetrate" from a different root:[2]

Verb

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*niknǫti[4][5]

  1. to arise

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: никнꙋти (niknuti, to appear, to arise)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: niknout (to germinate, to sprout, to bow, to disappear) (archaic? found now mostly in compounds)
    • Old Polish: niknąć (to pass, to disappear)
      • Polish: niknąć (to disappear, to be lost)
    • Slovincian: njyknõc (to disappear, to vanish)

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*niknǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 353
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-ни́кнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  3. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “nỹkti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 425-6
  4. ^ Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ни́кнуть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 573
  5. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1999), “*niknǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 25 (*neroditi – *novotьnъ(jь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 114