Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *neik-

Meaning: to winnow

Old Greek: neîklo-n, níklo-n = tò líknon Hsch., neikētḗr = likmētḗr Hsch.; eu<ní>kmēto<n> = eulí<k>mēton Hsch., aniklṓmenon = anakathairṓmenon Hsch., nikā̂_i = likmā̂_i Hsch., níkein = likmā̂n Hsch., neíkesen = ékrinen Hsch., eunikés = eukrinés Hsch., neikētḗr = likmētḗr. Megarêis. Hsch.

Baltic: *neîk-ā̂-, -ō̂- vb. (1)

Celtic: *nit- > Cymr nithio `worfeln', Bret niza `worfeln'

Russ. meaning: веять (зерно)

References: WP II 321 f