S. †nîth n. “sister” (Category: Sister)

S. †nîth, n. “sister” (Category: Sister)

G. nith “wax”

References ✧ VT47/14

Glosses

• “sister” ✧ VT47/14

Related

• neth “sister (diminutive)” is a diminutive for nîth “sister” ✧ VT47/14
• nethel in ordinary language replaced †nîth ✧ VT47/14

Element In

• S. nethel “sister” ✧ VT47/14

Cognates

• Q. nésa “sister” ✧ VT47/14
• T. néþa “sister” ✧ VT47/14 (nēþa)

Derivations

• < ✶nēthā¹ “sister” ✧ VT47/14
  • < √NETH “(young) woman, female person; sister; fresh, lively, merry” ✧ VT47/12

Phonetic Developments

✶nēthā > nîth

[nētʰā] > [nētʰa] > [nēθa] > [nīθa] > [nīθ]

✧ VT47/14