Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)neh₁-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)neh₂-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*(s)neh₁-

1. to spin (thread), to sew

Extensions

• *neyH- (with metathesis of *-y- extension and the laryngeal)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)neh₁- (11 c, 0 e)

• *(s)néh₁- (root present)
  • Proto-Germanic: *nēaną (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: νέω (néō)
  • Proto-Italic: *nēō
    • Latin: neō
  • Proto-Celtic: *sniyeti
    • Middle Breton: nezaff
    • Old Irish: sníid
    • Welsh: nyddu
• *snéh₁-mn̥
  • Proto-Celtic: *snīman
    • Old Irish: sním
      • Irish: sníomh
• *(s)néh₁-tlo-
  • Proto-Germanic: *nēþlō (“needle”) (see there for further descendants)
• *(s)néH-tr̥ (perhaps)
• *(s)néh₁-tro-m
  • Proto-Hellenic: *nḗtron
    • Ancient Greek: νῆτρον (nêtron, “spindle”)
• *sneh₁-ye-ti (perhaps)
  • >? Sanskrit: स्नायति (snāyati, “to clothe”)
• *(s)nh₁-i-t-is
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nī́ˀtis (see there for further descendants)
• *sn̥h₁-tós
  • Proto-Celtic: *snātos
    • Proto-Brythonic: *nọd
      • Old Breton: notenn
        • Middle Breton: neut
          • Breton: neud
    • Old Irish: snáth
      • Irish: snáth
• *(s)n̥h₁-tu-s
  • Proto-Celtic: *natus (“poem”) (see there for further descendants)
• *snéh₁-w-r̥
• *snoh₁-t-éh₂
  • Proto-Germanic: *snōdō (“string; rope”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Albanian: *snutja
    • Albanian: nus
  • Proto-Slavic: *snopъ (“sheaf, bundle”) (see there for further descendants)