sneubh-

sneubh-
    sneubh-
    English meaning: to woo, marry
    Deutsche Übersetzung: “freien, heiraten”
    Material: Lat. nubō, -ere, -psi, -ptum “marry, from the wife, woman”, prōnuba “Ehestifterin, Brautfrau”, cōnūbium (*co-snūbiom) “ matrimony “; R.C.S. snubiti “verkuppeln”, Cz. snoubiti “freien, verloben” (Kaus. *snoubhei̯ō); with secondary nasalization Proto-Slav.. dial. *snǫb-; nasal. Gk. νύμφη “bride, virgin, Nymphe”, νύμφιος “ bridegroom “, νυμφεύω “verlobe”; probably as *snusos from the connection through Heirat and extension to snē̆ u- “Fäden zusammendrehen, tie, bind, knot “.
    References: WP. II 697, WH. II 183 f., Trautmann 273, Vasmer 2, 683.

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