S. nidh- v. “to will, mean to, intend” (Category: Purpose, Intention)

S. nidh-, v. “to will, mean to, intend” (Category: Purpose, Intention)

References ✧ PE22/165

Inflections

eniðen	past 1st-sg		✧ PE22/165
niðin	present 1st-sg	“I will do it, I mean to do it”	✧ PE22/165

Element In

• S. nidhin mened “I have a mind to go, I intend to go” ✧ PE22/165

Cognates

• Q. nir- “to press, urge, thrust, force (in a given direction)” ✧ PE22/165 (nirin)
• T. nid- “urge, press, force” ✧ PE22/165

Derivations

• < √NID “force, press(ure), thrust; will” ✧ PE22/165; PE22/165

Phonetic Developments

√NID > niðin	[nidini] > [niðine] > [niðine] > [niðin]	✧ PE22/165
√NID > eniðen	[inīdeni] > [inīdene] > [inīðene] > [inīðen] > [iniðen]	✧ PE22/165