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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *nā̂w-iā̃ (2) f., -ia-s m.
Meaning: death, corpse
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
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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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *nāw-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
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
Baltic: *nā̂w-iā̃ (2) f., -ia-s m.
Germanic: *naw-i- c.
Russ. meaning: труп покойника
References: WP II 316
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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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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *nawi-z
Meaning: dead one
IE etymology: IE etymology
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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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 , 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 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
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *nāwʌ-
Altaic: *ŋi̯àbi
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.).
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *ŋi̯àbi
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: deceased, funeral
Russian meaning: покойник, похороны
Turkic: *jẹbe-
Tungus-Manchu: *ŋiabi
Japanese: *mǝ̀ ( ~ *muà)
Comments: Дыбо 15.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *jẹbe-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
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
Comments: VEWT 197.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ŋiabi
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
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
Comments: ТМС 1, 658.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *mǝ̀ ( ~ *muà)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
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.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : NVWV
Meaning : weak, tired, dead
Eurasiatic : *ŋVwV
Afroasiatic : *naw-
Austric : PAN *ńava` 'spirit, breath' (Peiros 1989, 129).
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *naw-
Meaning: be tired
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Egyptian: nw 'weak' (MK) 'weak'
Western Chadic: *naʔVw/y- 'be tired' 1, 'tiredness' 2
East Chadic: *nawiy- 'rest but not relax' ~ *ʔyaniH- 'illness'
Notes: Any connection with *naw-/*nay- 'be bad'?
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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: nw (MK)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'weak'
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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *naʔVw/y-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
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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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *nawiy- 1, *ʔyani- 2
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'rest but not relax' 1, 'illness' 2
Dangla: nàwìyè 1 [Fd]
Mokilko: ʔḕní 2 [JMkk]
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