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Where does “nigʷ-ye-” come from?

nigʷ-ye- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European neygʷ- — to wash.

Ancestry of “nigʷ-ye-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanneygʷ-to wash

Words derived from “nigʷ-ye-”

  • νίζω
  • niďďō
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