Proto-Italic · reconstructed language
*nokeō
verb
Meaning
- to harm, hurt, injure
- to kill, slay violently
Etymology / origin
From earlier *nokejō, from Proto-Indo-European *noḱé-ye-ti, causative from the root *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”). Compare Sanskrit नाशयति (nāśáyati).
- नाशयति(Sanskrit)→
- *noḱéyeti(ine-pro)→
- *neḱ-(ine-pro)→
- nokeō (Proto-Italic)
- Relations: root, inh, cog
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