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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *k[o]nid-, *gh[o]nid-
Meaning: nit
Old Greek: konís, -ídos f. pl. `Eier von Läusen, Flöhen, Wanzen'
Celtic: Ir sned f.; Cymr nedd, NKorn nēδ, Bret nez
Albanian: thënī́ `Laus'
Russ. meaning: насекомое (гнида)
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: гни́да,
Near etymology: укр. гни́да, болг. гни́да, сербохорв. гњи̏да, чеш. hnida, слвц. hnida, польск. gnida, в.-луж. hnida, н.-луж. gnida.
Further etymology: Родственно лит. glìnda, лтш. gnīda "гнида", исл., норв. gnit, шв. gnet, нем. (тирольск.) gneis; возм., к гнить; ср. далее греч. κονίς, -ίδος "гниды, яйца вшей, блох, клопов", алб. thëní "гнида", д.-в.-н. (h)niʒ "гнида", арм. anic; см. Бернекер 1, 312; Мейе, MSL 22, 143; М. -- Э. 1, 633; Перссон, Beitr. 94 и сл., 811; Фальк -- Торп 334; Педерсен, Kelt. Gr. 1, 41, 188; Лоренц, AfslPh 18, 87; Шпехт 44. Относительно сербохорв. њ см. на гнус.
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *gnī̂d-ā̂, -iā̃ (1) f.
Meaning: nit
Lettish: gnĩda, gn̨ĩda, gmĩde `Nisse, Lausei'
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *gnidō, *gnitō(n), *xnitō
Meaning: nit
Norwegian: nit
Old Swedish: pl. gnether
Swedish: gnet
Danish: gnid 'nit', dial. gnit 'kleine Mücke'
Old English: hnitu, -e f. `nit'
Middle Dutch: nēte f.
Dutch: neet f.
Middle Low German: nēt, nit 'Nisse', gnite 'eine Art kleine Mücke'
Old High German: (h)niʒ (9. Jh.)
Middle High German: niʒ, niʒʒe st./wk. f. 'das lausei, die nisse'
German: Nisse f., Niss f.
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 986
Root: knid-, k̂nid-, sknid-
English meaning: louse, nit
German meaning: `Laus, Ei der Laus, Nisse'
General comments: oft tabuistisch umgestaltet; vgl. oben S. 437 ghnīdā ds.
Material: Arm. anic `Laus' (*nid-s); alb. thënī́ `Laus' (*k̂(ë)nid-);
gr. κονίς, -ίδος f. (*knid-s), wohl an κόνις `Staub' angeglichen;
mir. sned f. `Nisse', kymr. Pl. nedd, nkorn. neð, bret. nez ds. (*s(k)nidā);
ags. hnitu f., ahd. (h)niz, nhd. Nisse `Ei der Laus' (*knidā).
Könnte zu (s)ken- `kratzen' gehören, wie ghnīdā zu ghen- ds.
References: WP. I 461, WH. I 783 f., Specht Idg. Dekl. 44, Trautmann 93.
Pages: 608
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