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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *nawi-z
Meaning: dead one
Gothic: nau-s m. (i) `one having died, dead one'; nawi-s (i/ja) `dead'
Old Norse: nā-r m. `Leiche'; Run. nā-seu `blood'
Norwegian: dial. nɔe `Leiche'
Old English: nēo-bedd `death-bed', dryht-nē `corpse of a warrior', pl. orc-nēas `monsters', nē-fugol `bird that feeds on carrion, vulture or crow'
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *nāw-
Meaning: the deceased, corpse
Tokharian: B on(u)waññe 'immortal', A nwām 'sick' (Adams 114-115), A nut-, B naut- (PT *nut-) 'disappear, be destroyed' (348)
Slavic: *nā́vь, *nā́vьjь (Rus dial. навь, нав (< навь) `мертвец, покойник' орл., калуж. и др., пск. СРНГ 19:191, на́вий `id.' орл., калуж. и др. (Даль), на́вий adj. курск., тул., дон., брян. СРНГ 19:167), *nāvъkā Russ. meaning: труп покойника
piet-prnum,piet-meaning,piet-tokh,piet-slav,piet-balt,piet-germ,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: навь,
Near etymology: на́вье, на́вей "мертвец", орл., калужск., южн. (Даль), на́вий день "день поминовения мертвых (в понедельник (на юге) или во вторник на Фоминой неделе (в средней полосе))", укр. на́вський вели́кдень "пасха мертвецов (в четверг на последней неделе великого поста)", на́вка, ма́вка "душа девочки, умершей до крещения", др.-русск., цслав. навь νεκρός, др.-чеш. nav, род. п. navi "могила, преисподняя, тот свет", unaviti "убить", чеш. unaviti "утомить", словен. nȃvje ср. р. "души некрещеных детей".
Further etymology: Родственно др.-прусск. nowis "туловище", лит. nõvyti "мучить" (с iš-: "уничтожать, замучить"), лтш. nâvе "смерть", гот. naus "мертвый", др.-исл. nár -- то же, др.-ирл. nūnа "голод", далее гот. nauþs "беда, нужда, стеснение", д.-в.-н. nôt "нужда", тохар. А nut, В naut "погибнуть". Связано чередованием гласных с ныть (Траутман, ВSW 201 и сл.; М.--Э. 2, 703; Торп 295; Миккола, Streitberg-Festgabe 271). Мысль о герм. происхождении, вопреки Уленбеку (AfslPh 15, 489), ошибочна; см. Кипарский 77; Брюкнер, AfslPh 23, 626; Брандт, РФВ 23, 88.
Pages: 3,35
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *nā̂w-iā̃ (2) f., -ia-s m.
Meaning: death, corpse
Lithuanian: nō̃vē `Bedrückung, (Todes)qual, Tod', nōvis, gen. -ies `id.'
Lettish: nâve `Tod', nâvêt (-ẽju) `töten, morden'
Old Prussian: nowis `rump' (= der tote Leib) V. 151
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1351
Root: nāu-2 : nǝu- : nū-
English meaning: death; corpse
German meaning: A. `Tod, Leiche', B. `bis zur Erschöpfung abquälen; ermattet zusammensinken'
Derivatives: nāu̯is `Leiche'
Material: A. Got. naus `Leiche' (ga-nawistrōn `begraben'), aisl. nār ds., ags. nē(o) m. ds.; aruss. navь `Leiche', аčесh. náv, -i m. `Jenseits, Hölle', lett. nâwe `Tod', davon nâwêt `töten', nâwîtiês `sich mühen, sich töten'; apr. nowis `Rumpf'. B. air. nūne (älter naunae) f., cymr. newyn m. `Hungersnot' (*nǝu̯eni̯o-), bret. naoun (*nǝueno-) ds.; mcymr. neued `Sehnsucht, Not' (*nāu̯-itā); lett. nâwîtiês (s. oben), lit. nõvyti `quälen, töten', iš-nôvyti `vernichten'; Kausat. aksl. čech. unaviti `ermüden', Postverbal čech. únava `Ermüdung', russ. dial. onáva `Müdigkeit', schwundstufig aksl. unyti `schlaff sein, erschlaffen', čech. nýti `dahinschmachten', russ. nýtь `schwermütig werden'.
nǝu-ti- in got. nauþs f. `Not, Zwang', aisl. nauð, nauðr f. `Zwang, Drangsal, Notwendigkeit', as. nōd, ahd. nōt `Bedrängnis, Drangsal, Not', ags. nēad-, nīed f. `Not, Pflicht, Drangsal'; apr. nautin (*nāuti-) (Akk.) `Not'; im Slav. Formen mit u und ǫ, t und d (s. Meillet, Slave commun2 61 f.): aksl. nǫžda `Zwang, Gewalt, Notwendigkeit', poln. nędza `Not', abg. nǫditi `nötigen', aber auch aksl. nužda `Zwang, Not', nuditi `nötigen', poln. nuda `Langeweile'; mit t poln. nęt `Lockung', bulg. nut `Zwang', poln. nucić (16. Jhdt.) `zwingen'; das -d- steht als idg.Erweiterung neben -t-, das ǫ ist durch sekundäre Nasalierung entstanden.
References: WP. II 316, Trautmann 201 f.; Loth RC 45, 199 ff.
Pages: 756
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *ŋVwV
Meaning: decease
Uralic: (?) *nūwe 'чахнуть, изнемогать' (MNyTESz II 1059, SKES 406)
Dravidian: *ńev- 'mourn' (Krish. 420); or SDR *nav-ai- 'to be troubled, to perish' (DEDR 3598)
References: МССНЯ 355; ND 1648 *ŋaʡw[i] 'dead, dead person' (+ Arab.). nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-drav,nostret-reference,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *ŋi̯àbi
Meaning: deceased, funeral
Russian meaning: покойник, похороны
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *jẹbe-
Meaning: 1 cemetery, grave 2 soul of the deceased 3 ghost 4 funeral
Russian meaning: 1 кладбище, могила 2 душа умершего 3 дух, привидение 4 похороны
Sary-Yughur: ever 2
Khakassian: nebeg 1, ibǝrǝg 4
Chuvash: śъʷva 1
Yakut: sibien 3
Tuva: čeveg 1
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ŋiabi
Meaning: 1 deceased person 2 invisible person 3 to bury
Russian meaning: 1 покойник 2 невидимка (о шамане) 3 хоронить
Evenki: ŋē̂wi 1
Even: ŋebi 2
Ulcha: ńewu- 3
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *mǝ̀ ( ~ *muà)
Meaning: funeral, mourning
Russian meaning: похороны, траур
Old Japanese: m(w)o
Middle Japanese: mò
Tokyo: mò
Kyoto: mó
Kagoshima: mó
Comments: JLTT 484. Modern dialects point rather to *mǝ́. japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : NVWV
Meaning : weak, tired, dead
Austric : PAN *ńava` 'spirit, breath' (Peiros 1989, 129). globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-austr,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *naw-
Meaning: be tired
Notes: Any connection with *naw-/*nay- 'be bad'?
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: nw (MK)
Meaning: 'weak'
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *naʔVw/y-
Meaning: 'be tired' 1, 'tiredness' 2
Ankwe=Goemai: ne 2 [Kr N 258]
Warji: nuw- 1, 2 [SkNb]
Kariya: nuw- 1, 2 [SkNb]
Notes: Cf. Dera nōwe 'to rest' [NmK]
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Proto-EChadic: *nawiy- 1, *ʔyani- 2
Meaning: 'rest but not relax' 1, 'illness' 2
Dangla: nàwìyè 1 [Fd]
Mokilko: ʔḕní 2 [JMkk]
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