neigʷ-

    neigʷ-

    English meaning: to wash

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “waschen”

    Grammatical information: pass. participle nigʷ-to-

    Material: O.Ind. nḗ nēkti “wascht, purifies, cleans”, Aor. anüikšīt, pass. nijyatē, participle niktá-, ninikta Imper. “waschet”, Kaus. nējá yati; Aor. naēnižaiti Intens. “wäscht ab, swills weg”; Gk. νίζω (*nigʷi̯ ō = Ir. nigim) “wash”, Fut. νίψω, Aor. ἔνιψα, νίπτρον “Waschwasser”, χέρ-νιψ ds., ἄ-νιπτος “ungewaschen” (= O.Ind. niktá-, Ir. necht); Gk. ἀνιγρός “ἀκάθαρτος”; Lat. noegeum (*noigʷ-i̯o-) ‘schweißtuch”; common O.Ind. ĝh- > kṣ- : ĝh- > ž- : Gk. ĝh- > zphonetic mutation O.Ir. nigid “wäscht” (*nigʷi̯ eti, loss the Labialisieruug before i̯), Fut. -ninus = O.Ind. (Gramm.) ninikṣati; necht “pure”; M.Welsh enneint ‘spa, bath” (*an-nig-antio-; das g from dem present figurative); Gmc. *nikwes, -us- in O.Ice. nykr (gen. nyks) “Wassergeist, Flußpferd”, O.E. nicor “Wasseruntier, Krokodil”, O.H.G. nihhus, nichus “Flußuntier, Wassergeist”, Ger. Nix, O.H.G. nichussa “ female Wassergeist, Nixe”, M.Du. nicker, M.L.G. necker “Wassergeist”.

    References: WP. II 322, Thurneysen Gk. 115; different Vendryes RC. 47, 442 ff.