niau
Manx
noun
Definitions
- heaven
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish nem (gift, present) inherited from Proto-Celtic *nemos (heaven, sky) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (cloud, moisture, moist, mist, fog, vapor, sky).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*nébʰos
Gloss
cloud, moisture, moist, mist, fog, vapor, sky
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
潤
Emoji
☁️ ⛅️ ⛈️ 🌤️ 🌥️ 🌦️ 🌧️ 🌨️ 🌩️ 🌪️ 🌫️ 🌬️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Neptūnus Latin
- nebula Latin
- nebulōsus Latin
- nimbus Latin
- *h₂ep-h₃ōn- Proto-Indo-European
- *nebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *nébʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *nebulaz Proto-Germanic
- genip Old English
- neamh Irish
- *nebo Proto-Slavic
- *nȅbo Proto-Slavic
- nifl Icelandic
- njóla Icelandic
- nem Old Irish
- nèamh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ard-niau Manx
- *nemos Proto-Celtic
- *nábʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *neptūnos Proto-Italic
- *neβelā Proto-Italic
- debesis Lithuanian
- fa Middle Persian
- *nebo Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *neβ̃ Proto-Brythonic
- *nemo Gaulish
- *népʰos Proto-Hellenic
- *nébos Proto-Anatolian