(s)nē- and (s)nēi-

    (s)nē- and (s)nēi-

    English meaning: to sew together, to web, spin

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Fäden zusammendrehen, with dem Faden hantieren”, daher “weben, spinnen” and “ sew “

    Note: (maybe from dem present snē-i̯ō; or umgekehrt snē- from snēi-?); compare die related roots snep-, snēu-, sneu-, (s)ner-, also nētr-”Natter”; s. also 1. ned- S. 758 f.

    Material: O.Ind. (unbel.) snüyati “umwindet, dressed “, snǘ yu, snüyu- f., n. “band, strap, sinew” (in addition probably nīví -, nīvī- “umgebundenes kerchief, cloth, Schurz”); Gk. νῆ ‘spinnt” (*σνήι̯ει; ἔννη “nebat”, ἐύννητος “good gesponnen” prove Anl. sn-), Fut. νήσω; νήθω ‘spinne”, νῆμα “Gespinst, filament “ (= Lat. nēmen), νῆσις “the spinning “ (: O.H.G. nüt “ suture”), νῆτρον “ distaff (= staff for holding flax, wool, etc., in spinning) “; νώμενος, νῶντα Gramm. probably from *νη-όμενος, *νήοντα; Lat. neō, nēre (*snē-i̯ō) ‘spinnen”, nēmen “Gespinst, Gewebe”, nētus ds.; M.Ir. snīid “dreht; binds, afflicts, mũht sich ab”; Welsh nyddu “nēre”, Corn. nethe, M.Bret. nezaff ds. (*sn(i)i̯ō); M.Ir. snīm m. “the spinning, Drehen; distress “; gradation snō- in O.Ir. snüth(e) “ filament “, Bret. neud ds.; (but Welsh ysnoden “lace, band”, Corn. snod “vitta” from Eng. snood “Haarband”); O.Ir. snüthat “needle”, Welsh nodwydd “acus, acicula”, O.Corn. notuid, M.Bret. nadoez “needle”; O.H.G. nüu “nähe” (= Lat. neō, Gk. νῆ, O.Ind. snüyati, yet without s-), nüt “ suture”; Goth. nēÞla, O.Ice. nül, O.H.G. nüdala, O.E. nǣ dl f. “needle” (O.Ice. snǣ lda “Handspindel”, probably reconverted from *snǣ ð[i]la); *snō- in agutn. snōÞ, Mod.Swe. snod(d) “cord”, O.E. snōd f. “head fascia” (: O.Ir.s nüth, Ltv. snüte); Ltv. snüju, snüt “ lax zusammendrehen, spinnen”, snüte, snüne, snãt(e)ne f. “leinene cover”;s-los: nâtns “leinen, zwirnen”, nât(e)ne = snãt(e)ne; *nī- as zero grade to *nēi- (see above O.Ind.nīví -) in Lith. nūtis “Hevelte or Weberkamm”, Ltv. nīts “part of Webstuhls”, O.C.S. *nitь “ filament, rope”, Russ. nítь “ filament “, Ser.-Cr. nȉti “Webertrumm”.

    References: WP. II 694 f., WH. II 159 f., Trautmann 199, 272, Vasmer 2, 221.