knid-, k̂nid-, sknid-

    knid-, k̂nid-, sknid-

    English meaning: louse, nit

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Laus, Ei der Laus, Nisse”

    Note: often distorted taboo; compare above S. 437 ghnīdü ds. Root knid-, k̂nid-, sknid- : “ louse, nit “ derived from Root ghen- : “to crack open, grind, scratch” hereupon root ghnī̆ dü “ nit, louse “. That means zero grade mutations: ghen > kn-, skn-: O.Ice., Nor. dial. gnit f., O.S. gnether, Swe. gnet, Dan. gnid; Ltv. gnīda “ nit, louse “ (Mũhlenbach-Endzelin I 633), Lith. glìnda (from *gnìnda dissimilated?); Russ. gnída, Sloven. gnjìda, Cz. hnída, Pol. gnida; about Lat. lēns, -dis f. ds.compare WH. I 783f. and Specht Decl. 44.

    Material: Arm. anic “louse” (*nid-s); Alb. thënī́ “louse” (*k̂(ë)nid-); Gk. κονίς, -ίδος f. (*knid-s), probably an κόνις “dust” angeglichen; M.Ir. sned f. “nit”, kymr. pl. nedd, nkorn. neð, Bret. nez ds. (*s(k)nidü ); O.E. hnitu f., O.H.G. (h)niz, Ger. Nisse “egg of the louse” (*knidü). Könnte to (s)ken- ‘scratch, scrape” belong, as ghnīdü to ghen- ds.

    References: WP. I 461, WH. I 783 f., Specht IE Decl. 44, Trautmann 93.