nahte

noun. a wound

a wound(ing)

nahte

noun. wounding, wound

A noun for “a wounding, a wound” appearing in revisions to the Outline of Phonology (OP2) made around 1959, derived from primitive ✶snagdē based on the root √SNAG “wound, gash” (PE19/91). Drafts of these revision instead had (rejected) nahta (PE19/92 note #110).

Cognates

• Nan. snād “a wounding, a wound” ✧ PE19/091
• S. naedh “wounding, wound” ✧ PE19/091
• T. natte “a wounding, a wound” ✧ PE19/091

Derivations

• ✶snagdē “a wounding, a wound” ✧ PE19/091
  • √SNAG “wound, gash” ✧ PE19/091
• √SNAG “wound, gash” ✧ PE19/092

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶snagdē > hnahte > nahte	[snagdē] > [snaktē] > [n̥aktē] > [n̥axte] > [naxte]	✧ PE19/091

Variations

• nahta ✧ PE19/092 (nahta)