nis

Albanian

/nis/

verb

Definitions

I start, I begin
I prepare for a journey

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *neitša inherited from Proto-Indo-European *néykʷyeti.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*néykʷyeti

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

никнуть Russian
Πολυνείκης Ancient Greek
νεῖκος Ancient Greek
*neik- Proto-Indo-European
*néykʷyeti Proto-Indo-European
niknąć Polish
*niknǫti Proto-Slavic
niknuti Serbo-Croatian
никнути Serbo-Croatian
никне Macedonian
*neitša Proto-Albanian