nei-2, neiǝ- : nī-

    nei-2, neiǝ- : nī-

    English meaning: to move vividly, be excited; to shine

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “lebhaft bewegt sein, erregt sein, glänzen”

    Material: Lat. niteō, -ēre “gleams, strahle”, nitidus “gleaming”, nitor “ radiance “ (from a participle *ni-tó-); perhaps re-nīdeō “erglänzen” (with präsensbildendem -d(h)-); *nei-bho- in M.Ir. nīab “ vitality “, Welsh nwyf ds.; noi-bho- in O.Pers. naiba-, Pers. nēw “beautiful, good”, O.Ir. noīb “holy”; *nei-mü in M.Ir. nīam “ radiance, beauty”; *nei-ko- in M.Ir. nīach m. “Held”, nīachus m. “Tapferkeit”; *nei-to- in Welsh nwyd “ferventness, passion”, hispO.N. Kriegsgott Nētō; O.Ir. PN Nīall (gen.Nēill) from *neit-s-lo-s; placed perhaps also in O.Ir. nīa “Held” (see nei-1); Gmc. *nīÞa- in Goth. neiÞ n. “ envy “, O.E. nīð m. “fight, struggle, hate, enmity”, O.S. O.Fris. nīth “ eagerness, hate, envy “, O.Ice. nīð “ derision, ridicule, disgrace, shame”; could also to O.Ir. nīth n. (IE *nītu-) “fight, struggle” belong; dubious O.Ind. nīla- “bluish black”, nayanü̆ - n. f. “eye”, nētra- n. ds.

    References: WP. II 321, 336, WH. II 168, 171, Vendryes RC. 46, 265 ff.