niknǫti

niknǫti Grammatical information: v. Proto-Slavic meaning: `arise'

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Church Slavic:

niknuti (RuCS) `appear, arise' [verb]

Russian:

níknut' `droop' [verb]

Old Russian:

niknuti `appear, arise' [verb]

Czech:

niknouti `bow, disappear, germinate, sprout' [verb]

Polish:

niknąć `disappear, be lost' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

nȉknuti `appear, arise' [verb], nȉknēm [1sg];

Čak. nȉknuti (Vrgada) `appear, arise' [verb], nȉkneš [2sg]

Slovene:

níkniti `germinate, sprout, disappear' [verb], nȋknem [1sg]

Bulgarian:

níkna `germinate, sprout' [verb]

Indo-European reconstruction: ni-Hk-

Other cognates:

Skt. ni `downwards' [adv];

Skt. nīcā́ `downwards'