Where does “nāˀwis” come from?

nāˀwis (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European neh₂wis, from Proto-Indo-European neh₂u-, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.

nāˀwis (Proto-Balto-Slavic): death

Definitions

  1. death

Ancestry of “nāˀwis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanneh₂wiscorpse
2Proto-Indo-Europeanneh₂u-death; death; corpse; ship, boat
3Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂usboat
4Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float

Words derived from “nāˀwis”

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