nîd

adjective. damp, wet, tearful

nîd

adjective. damp, wet; tearful

Changes

• nuid → nîd ✧ Ety/NEI

Cognates

• ᴹQ. níte “moist, dewy, moist, dewy, *damp (of weather)” ✧ Ety/NEI

Derivations

• ᴹ✶neiti “moist, dewy” ✧ Ety/NEI
  • ᴹ√NEY “tear” ✧ Ety/NEI
• ᴹ√NEY “tear” ✧ EtyAC/NEI̯(ET)

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶neı̯ti- > nîd	[neiti] > [neite] > [nīte] > [nīt] > [nīd]	✧ Ety/NEI

Variations

• nuid ✧ EtyAC/NEI (nuid)

nîð

adjective. hurt, bruised

A word for “hurt, bruised” The Etymologies of the 1930s in the entry for the deleted root ᴹ√NID “hurt, injure” (Ety/NID²).

Derivations

• On. nidwa “bruised, scarred, hurt” ✧ EtyAC/NID²
  • ᴹ√NID “hurt, injure” ✧ EtyAC/NID²

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. nīde > nîð	[nīde] > [nīðe] > [nīð]	✧ EtyAC/NID²

níniel

adjective. tearful

niniel

adjective. tearful

Derivations

• ᴹ✶neiniel- “tearful” ✧ Ety/NEI

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶neiniel- > niniel	[neiniela] > [nīniela] > [nīniel] > [niniel]	✧ Ety/NEI

nenui

adjective. wet

Element in

• N. Palath Nenui “Wetwang” ✧ TI/268

Elements

Word	Gloss
nen	“water”
-ui	“adjective suffix”

Variations

• Nenui ✧ TI/268

lhimp

adjective. wet

lhimp

adjective. wet

Cognates

• ᴹQ. linqe “wet, wet, [ᴱQ.] flowing; water, stream” ✧ Ety/LINKWI

Derivations

• ᴹ√LINKWI “*wet” ✧ Ety/LINKWI
  • ᴹ√LIN “pool” ✧ Ety/LIN¹

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√LINKWI > lhimp	[liŋkwi] > [liŋkwe] > [limpe] > [limpʰe] > [limɸe] > [limfe] > [limf] > [l̥imf] > [l̥imp] > [l̥imp]	✧ Ety/LINKWI

mesc

adjective. wet

mesc

adjective. wet

mesg

adjective. wet

mesg

adjective. wet

@@@ mesc may be alternate form

Cognates

• ᴹQ. miksa “wet, wet, *damp” ✧ Ety/MISK; EtyAC/MISK

Derivations

• ᴹ√MISIK “*wet” ✧ Ety/MISK

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√MISK > mesc > mesg	[miska] > [meska] > [mesk] > [mesg]	✧ Ety/MISK
ᴹ√MISK > miss	[misse] > [miss]	✧ Ety/MISK

Variations

• miss ✧ EtyAC/MISK (miss)