νίζω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- to wash the hands or feet of another
- to purge, cleanse
- to wash off
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *niďďō derived from Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ-ye-, *neygʷ- (wash).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*neygʷ-
Gloss
wash
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- knucker English
- nipter English
- noegeum Latin
- νίπτρον Ancient Greek
- νιπτήρ Ancient Greek
- ποδανιπτήρ Ancient Greek
- χέρνιψ Ancient Greek
- χείρ Ancient Greek
- χειρόνιπτρον 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
- nicor Old English
- Neda Galician
- nigh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *nigyeti Proto-Celtic
- *nayǰ- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- nigid Middle Irish
- *nayǰ- Proto-Iranian
- *kʰéhrnikʷs Proto-Hellenic
- *niďďō Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬌𐬲𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 Avestan