nei̯-
verb · to be moved, excited; to shine
Alternate forms: neiə- , nī-Attested in Indo-Iranian, Graeco-Phrygian, Albanian, Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Balto-Slavic
Reconstructions in Pokorny (1959)
2 nei-, neiə-, nī-		‘to move vividly, be excited; to shine’
| Language | Reflex | Gloss | Grammar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avestan | apąm napå- | Name einer Gottheit ('Enkel der Wasser') | |
| Sanskrit (Atharva-Veda),Atharva-Veda | apąm napå- | Name einer Gottheit ('Enkel der Wasser') | |
| Homeric Greek | νέποδες (δηοη) | Sprößlinge | |
| Albanian | nip | Enkel, Neffe | |
| Latin | nepōs | Enkelkind, Enkel; Neffe (später) | |
| Middle Irish | nïæ | Schwestersohn | |
| Cornish | noi | Enkel | |
| Middle Breton | ni | Neffe | |
| Avestan | naptī- | Enkelin | |
| Sanskrit (Atharva-Veda),Atharva-Veda | naptī- | Enkelin | |
| Latin | neptis | Enkelin; Nichte (später) | |
| Middle Breton | niz | Nichte | |
| Cornish | noith | Nichte | |
| Modern High German | Nichte | ||
| Old English | nefa | Enkel, Neffe | |
| Old Icelandic | nefe | Neffe, Verwandter | |
| Old Lithuanian | nepotis | Enkel | |
| Old Lithuanian | nepuotis | Enkel | |
| Old High German | nevo | Neffe, Verwandter | |
| Old Irish | necht | Nichte | |
| Old High German | nift | neptis, privigna | |
| lemnisch-tyrsenisch | ναφοθ | Abkömmling, Sohn | |
| cymr. abret. | nith | Nichte | |
| Modern Welsh,Welsh | nei | Schwestersohn | |
| Modern Welsh,Welsh | nai | Schwestersohn | |
| Sanskrit | naptī́- | Enkelin, weiblicher Nachkomme |