nigh
Gaelic (Scots)
/ɲiː/
verb
Definitions
- wash, cleanse, purify
- bathe
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
- nixie English
- noegeum Latin
- Nixe German
- νίζω Ancient Greek
- νίπτρον Ancient Greek
- νιπτήρ Ancient Greek
- χέρνιψ Ancient Greek
- *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
- nigh Irish
- Neda Galician
- cruithnecht Old Irish
- cruithneachd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *nigyeti Proto-Celtic
- *nayǰ- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- nigid Middle Irish
- *niďďō Proto-Hellenic