Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nehw

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This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *nekʷe. Equivalent to *ne +‎ *-hw. Cognate with Latin neque (nor), Proto-Celtic *nekʷe.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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*nehw

  1. nor, and not

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Agnes Jäger, German indefinite determiners in the scope of negation, in Nominal Determination: Typology, Context Constraints, and Historical Emergence (2007, →ISBN, says: "The etymology of nihein(ig) has been subject to some discussion in the literature. Braune/Reiffenstein (2004: 254, 151) postulate a composition of *nih+ein, where *nih is a neg-element. However, this element is not attested anywhere in isolation. According to Bech (1964: 213), Danielsen (1968: 93f.), and more recently Lloyd et al. (1998: 562f.), nih-/neh- can be linked to Indogermanic *ne-kʷe 'and not'."
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gerhard Köbler's Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch derives Olg High German nihein and Gothic nih from Proto-Germanic nehw and derives that from PIE *nekʷe, which it notations *neku̯e.