S. [N.] ^nŷw, n. “noose, snare”

N. hnuif n. “noose, snare”

References ✧ Ety/SNEW

Glosses

• “noose, snare” ✧ Ety/SNEW.025; Ety/SNEW.009 (nû)

Variations

• hnuif ✧ Ety/SNEW.025
• nû ✧ Ety/SNEW.009

Changes

• nû >> hnuif ✧ Ety/SNEW.009

Inflections

hnyf

plural

“noose, snare”

✧ Ety/SNEW.023

Cognates

• ᴹQ. neuma “snare” ✧ Ety/SNEW.004
• ON. snȳma “noose, snare” ✧ Ety/SNEW.007 (nūma); Ety/SNEW.020

Derivations

• < ON. snȳma “noose, snare” ✧ Ety/SNEW.007 (nūma); Ety/SNEW.020
  • < hniof < snȳma ✧ Ety/SNEW.020
  • < ᴹ√SNEW “entangle” ✧ Ety/SNEW.001; Ety/SNEW.001
    • < sniuma < SNEW ✧ Ety/SNEW.001

Phonetic Developments

ON. snȳma > hniof > hnuif

[sneuma] > [snioma] > [n̥ioma] > [n̥iom] > [n̥iov] > [n̥uiv]

✧ Ety/SNEW.025