Pengo-Manda etymology :

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *nek-r-

Meaning : good

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Pengo : nekri

Manda : nekran (masc.), nekdel (fem.), nekde (neut.)

Additional Forms : Also Pengo nekrakan a good man

Number in DED : 3735

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *neɣ-

Meaning : good

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *neh-nā

Konda : negi

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *nek-r-

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *neɣ-i

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *neh-nā

Meaning : good

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : nahnā "well (of health)"

Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : nahnal "excellent, good"

Muria Gondi : nehna

Maria Gondi : neʔna

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : nehnā "good, handsome"

Maria Gondi (Lind) : nihnā

Number in DED : 3735

Number in CVOTGD : 2041

Konda etymology :

Konda : negi

Meaning: good

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Additional forms : Also Konda negikan a good man; negeṇḍ adv. good, well; negreṇḍa adv. well, fine (of living, flourishing)

Number in DED : 3735

Kui-Kuwi etymology :

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *neɣ-i

Meaning : good

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : negi "good, well, fine, noble, splendid"

Khuttia Kui : nehi

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : nihi

Kuwi (Schulze) : nehi

Sunkarametta Kuwi : nehi

Kuwi (Israel) : nehi, nehī

Number in DED : 3735

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *neɣ-

Meaning : good

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *nēg- (*-ɣ-)

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Nij-

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *neɣ-

Proto-North Dravidian : *nek-

Notes : The vowel length in SDR (Tulu) is strange.

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *nēg- (*-ɣ-)

Meaning : beauty

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tulu : nēga

Tulu meaning : beauty, nicety; beautiful, nice, fair

Number in DED : 3735

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Nij-

Meaning : good

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Ollari Gadba : niya

Salur Gadba : niyāṭ

Number in DED : 3735

North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *nek-

Meaning : to get well

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Malto : neke

Number in DED : 3735

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *näḳi

Meaning: good (of soul)

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *i̯ēk- 'здоровый; лечение, лекарство'(WP 1, 195)

Altaic: *ni̯ák`ì

Dravidian: *neɣ- [or nēk- 'sacrificial rite, custom' (DEDR 3763) ]

Comments: In PIE cf. rather *jaḱ- 'Heilmittel; Ehre, Würde' (or *jaǵ- 'religiös verehren') (WP 1, 195).

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *yak(')- (Gr *h-)

Meaning: healthy; medical treatment, medicine

Old Greek: ákos n. `Heilung, Heilmittel', akéomai̯ `heilen, ausbessern', akestḗr `sänftigend'

Celtic: *i̯akk-: OIr hīcc `Heilung, Zahlung'; Cymr iach `gesund', Corn yagh `gesund', Bret iac'h `gesund'

Russ. meaning: здоровый; лечение, лекарство

References: WP I 195

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 776

Root: i̯ēk- : i̯ǝk-

English meaning: to heal

German meaning: `heilen'?

Material: Gr. ἄκος n. `Heilmittel', ἀκέομαι `heile', delph. ἐφακεῖσθαι, ἀκέστωρ (als Beiname Apollos, `Arzt, Retter', ἀκεστήρ `Heiler, Arzt', episch-ionische Psilose), in att. Prosa selten gebrauchte Wörter;

    air. hīcc (*i̯ēkko-) `Heilung, Zahlung', cymr. iach `gesund', corn. yagh, bret. iac'h ds. (*i̯ǝkko-), mit unklarer Konsonantenverdopplung.

References: WP. I 195, WH. I 716, Schwyzer Gr. Gr. I 303;

See also: s. oben i̯ek- `sprechen'.

Pages: 504

PIE database: PIE database

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *ni̯ák`ì

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: mild, soft

Russian meaning: мягкий, нежный

Tungus-Manchu: *ńaKa

Korean: *nǝ̀k

Japanese: *níkuá- / *níkí-

Comments: An Eastern isogloss. The original meaning must have been 'mild', particularly (but not necessarily) applied to feelings, whence the more general meaning 'soul' in Kor. Turk. *jakĺɨ 'good' (see ЭСТЯ 4, 63-64) may be a merger of this root with *jakɨĺ- 'to approach' (q. v.).

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ńaKa

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 well, feeling well 2 peace, quietude

Russian meaning: 1 хорошо, полегчать (о больном) 2 мир, спокойствие

Evenki: ńaka 1

Even: ńaq 1

Literary Manchu: neku(la)- 'to be glad'; niqton 'peace, quietude'

Oroch: ńaka 1

Comments: ТМС 1, 591, 617, 628.

Korean etymology :

Proto-Korean: *nǝ̀k

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: soul

Russian meaning: душа

Modern Korean: nǝk [nǝks]

Middle Korean: nǝ̀k

Comments: Nam 104, KED 332.

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *níkuá- / *níkí-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: mild, soft (in part. of heart, soul)

Russian meaning: мягкий, добрый (в частн. о сердце, душе)

Old Japanese: nikwo-, nikji- (nikji-tama)

Middle Japanese: níkó-, níkí-

Comments: JLTT 497.

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : NVKV

Meaning : good

Eurasiatic : *näḳi

Afroasiatic : *naḳ-

Reference : Suggested by V. Glumov.

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *naḳ-

Meaning: be good

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *ʔanaḳ- 'admire'

Central Chadic: *mi-naḳ- 'good'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1014

Proto-Semitic: *ʔanaḳ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'admire'

Arabic: ʔnq a,4

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *mi-naḳ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'good'

Kilba: mīnàkú [KrN293]

Margi: mɨnagù [Kr]

Wamdiu: mɨnaxù [Kr]

Daba: ninèk [Kr N 293]

Gidar: neki

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