nigh
Irish (Donegal)
/n̠ʲiː/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) wash
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Irish nigid (he washes) derived from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (wash).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*neygʷ-
Gloss
wash
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- noegeum Latin
- *neygʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *nigʷ-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *nigʷ-ō-s Proto-Indo-European
- *nikʷtós Proto-Indo-European
- *néy-noygʷ-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *nikwus Proto-Germanic
- donite Irish
- in-nite Irish
- Neda Galician
- nigh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *nigyeti Proto-Celtic
- *nayǰ- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- nigid Middle Irish