nēik- : nīk- : nik-

nēik- : nīk- : nik-
    nēik- : nīk- : nik-
    English meaning: to attack; to fight, rail
    Deutsche Übersetzung: “anfallen, losstũrzen, heftig beginnen”
    Material: Gk. νεῖκος n. “quarrel, fight”, νεικέω “zanke, streite, schelte”, perhaps also νί̄κη, Dor. νῑκᾱ f. “victory”, νῑκάω ‘siege”; Celt. (?) FlN Nicros “Neckar”; O.E. ge-nǣ stan “quarrel”(*naihstian?); Bal.-Slav. *ninkō “begins violent” in Lith. -ninkù, -nìkti ds., Ltv. nikns “angry, irate”, ablaut. naîks “violent”, Lith. dial. neikom “very”, O.Pruss. neikaut “wandeln”, Slav. *niknǫ, *niknǫti in O.C.S. vъz-niknǫti “again to sich come”, R.C.S. niknuti “hervorwachsen”, etc.
    References: WP. II 321, Trautmann 199, Kuiper Nasalpräs. 186 f., Hofmann Gk. etym. Wb. 213.

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