Where does “nikt” come from?

nikt (Latvian) comes from Proto-Indo-European neyk-, from Proto-Indo-European *nik-, from Proto-Indo-European ney-, from Cebuano -hi.

nikt (Latvian): to pine, to pine away about man

Definitions

  1. to pine, to pine away about man

Ancestry of “nikt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanneyk-to winnow, swing grains in a mill
2Proto-Indo-European*nik-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanney-to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited
4Cebuano-hi—

Words derived from “nikt”

Every word from Cebuano -hi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ney- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nik- →