Where does “nimici” come from?

nimici (Romanian) comes from Romanian i, from Old Church Slavonic и, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.

nimici (Romanian): to destroy, annihilate, exterminate, ruin, reduce...

Definitions

  1. to destroy, annihilate, exterminate, ruin, reduce...

Ancestry of “nimici”, step by step

nimici traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianiand
2Old Church Slavonicиand; him
3Proto-Slavicjьthis; he
4Proto-Balto-Slaviciśthis
5Old Polishićto go
6Proto-Slavicjьtito go
7Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via Romanian nimic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniannimicnothing; anything
2Latinnemīca—
3Latinmīcaa grain, crumb
4Proto-Italicsmīkā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansmēyg-small, delicate, thin; twig, pole; crumb; small,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmē-to rub; smear

Words derived from “nimici”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei →
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