Where does “naś-” come from?
naś- (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian nać-, from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.
Ancestry of “naś-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | nać- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | neḱ- | to perish, disappear |