Where does “nʾw” come from?

nʾw (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Indo-European neh₂u-, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.

nʾw (Middle Persian): ship

Definitions

  1. ship

Ancestry of “nʾw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanneh₂u-death; death; corpse; ship, boat
2Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂usboat
3Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float

Words derived from “nʾw”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European néh₂us →Every word from Proto-Indo-European neh₂u- →