n̥dhos, n̥dheri

    n̥dhos, n̥dheri

    English meaning: under

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “under”

    Material: O.Ind. adháḥ “under” (as preposition m. acc. under gen.), Av. adǝ̄ “under”, Arm. ǝnd (m. instr.) “under”, O.Ice. and ds., Toch. А añč “under, after under” (?); Av. aδairi “under, below”, Goth. undar etc., O.H.G. untar and untari “under”, neologism after IE *uperi (O.Ind. upari etc. “about”); O.Ind. ádhara-, Av. aδara- “the untere”, Lat. īnferus ds. (*enferos, IE *n̥dheros), īnfernus ds.(after supernus), infrü “below” (*inferüd) with Anlautsbehandlung of -dh-; Gk. ἀθερο- placed perhaps in ἀθερίζω “verachte” (compare O.Ind. adharīṇ a- “verachtet”); Goth. undaro preposition “under” (abl. auf -ōd) = O.Ind. adv. ádharüt “under”; O.Ind. adhamá- “the unterste” = Lat. īnfimus ds.

    References: WP. I 323, WH. I 698, Specht IE Decl. 2591.