Cognate Set 1172 – Meaning: sky

	Language	Lexeme	Native script	Phonetic	Phonemic	Notes
79	Bulgarian	nebe	небе	nɘˈbɛ	neˈbe
98	Belarusian	neba	неба	ˈnʲɛbɑ̈	ˈnʲebo
93	Czech	nebe		ˈnɛbɛ	ˈnebe
95	Sorbian: Lower	njebjo		nejbʲjɔ	nejbjo
94	Sorbian: Upper	njebjo		ˈnebjɔ	ˈnebjɔ
80	Macedonian	nebo	небо	ˈne̞bɔ	ˈnebo
88	Polish	niebo		ˈɲɛbɔ	ˈɲebo
83	Serbo-Croat	nebo		ˈnɛ̂bɔ	ˈnêbo
85	Slovene	nebo		nɛˈbóː	nɛˈbóː
99	Ukrainian	nebo	небо	ˈnɛbɔ	ˈnebo
1	Hittite	nēpiš-	ne-e-pí-iš
91	Slovak	nebo		ˈɲɛbɔ	ˈɲebo
78	Old Church Slavonic	nebo	нєбо	nɛbɔ	nebo
74	Latvian	debesis		ˈdɛbɛsis	dɛbɛsis
155	Middle Breton	eff?		ˈeːṽ		Further graphic variants: euff, aeff, nef, neff, neaf, en. Frequently used in plural. All Middle Breton examples have a religious context. The non-religious word Modern Breton oabl is not attested in Middle Breton.
158	Old Irish	nem		ˈn̪ʲɛṽˠ	ˈn̪ʲeṽ
2	Luvian	tappaš-	ta-ap-pa-aš-ša (CL)
90	Polabian	nebü		nɛˈby	nɛˈby
89	Kashubian	niebò		ˈɲɛbwɛ	ˈɲebo
49	Khotanese	orä		ɔːɾə	orə	this form is neither mentioned in Bailey (1979: 47) nor found in TITUS
72	Ossetic: Iron	arv	арв	ɑrv	arv
73	Ossetic: Digor	arv	арв	ɑrv	arv
154	Old Breton	nem
156	Breton: Gwened	neñb		nɛ̃ːp
75	Latgalian	dabasi		ˈdabasʲi	dabasʲi
87	Old Polish	niebo		ˈɲɛbɔ	ˈɲebo
150	Middle Welsh	nef			nef
92	Old Czech	nebe		ˈnɛbɛ	ˈnebe
96	Old Novgorod	nebo	небо	ˈnʲɛbɔ	ˈnʲɛbɔ
100	Rusyn	nébo		ˈn(ɛ/ɜ)bɔ	ˈnebo
81	Macedonian: Suho	nibè		nʲiˈbʲe̞	niˈbe
82	Macedonian: Visoka	nibè		nʲiˈbʲe̞	niˈbe
86	Slovene: Kostel	nebo		ˈnɛbo̝	ˈnɛbo̝
84	Slovene: Early Modern	nebú

References

Abaev, Vasilij Ivanovič: I:71-72

S.v. Oss. arv 'небо', from Iranian *abra-, cf. Ved. abhrá- 'cloud, thunder cloud'.

Derksen, Rick: 347-348

S.v. Proto-Slavic *nȅbo n. 'sky, heaven' (ESSJa XXIV 101-104), from PIE *nebʰ-es- (cf. Lith. debesìs 'cloud', Latv. debess 'cloud', Skt. nábhas- 'fog, mass of clouds, sky', Gk. νέφος 'cloud, mass of clouds', Hitt. nēpiš- n. 'sky').

Derksen, Rick: 118

S.v. Lith. debesìs 'cloud' (Latv. debess, var. debesis), from PIE *nebʰ-es-. The initial *n of the etymon was apparently replaced with d- in East Baltic.

Fleuriot, Léon: 265

If related to OBr. nom 'curve' rather from *nem- 'to bend' (LIV² 463) than connected with words meaning 'cloud'.

Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 186-187

Cf. s.v. OLith. debesìs, debeỹs 'Wolke' (BSl. cf. Latv. debess, OCS nebo, etc.), from PIE *nebʰ-es- 'Himmel, Luftraum, Wolke' (cf. Hitt. nepis-, 'Himmel', HLuw. tipas- 'id.', Ved. nábhas- 'Feuchtigkeit, Wolke; Himmel', OAv. nabah- 'Luftraum, Himmel', Gk. νέφος 'Wolke, Bewölkung').

Kloekhorst, Alwin: 603-604

Cf. s.v. Hitt. nēpiš- 'sky, heaven' < PIE s-stem neut. *nébʰ-os, *nebʰ-és-os.

Matasović, Ranko: 288-289

S.v. Proto-Celtic *nemos- 'heaven, sky', from PIE *nebʰos 'cloud, cloudy sky' (cf. Hitt. nēpiš 'sky', Skt. nábhas- 'cloud', Gk. νέφος, OCS nebo 'sky'. "The irregular *-m- of the Celtic forms is best explained as the result of assimilation (n…bʰ > n…m)."

Mayrhofer, Manfred: I:94

Cf. s.v. Ved. *abhrá- 'Gewitterwolke, Gewölk, Regenwolke' < PIE *n̥bʰ-ró- (*nebʰ-), cf. YAv. aβra- 'Regen[wolke]'.

Trubačev, O. N.: 24: 101-104

PS *nebo, *nebese is derived from PIe *nebʰos- and related to Lithuanian debesìs, Old Indic nábhas-, Greek νέφος, Hittite nepiš etc.

Wodtko, Dagmar S. and Irslinger, Britta and Schneider, Carolin: 499-504

S.v. *nebʰ- 'feucht, bewölkt, dunstig (werden)' (LIV² 448, IEW315f.). Re *nébʰ-es- n.: fn. 6: Stüber, Die primären s-Stämme, 2002, 129ff. thinks that PIE *nebʰos- denoted the clouded sky in opposition to *di̯ḗu̯s 'clear sky of the day'. Fn. 21: The inclusion of the Tocharian forms here is disputed. [Cf. notes in [cognate set 7172](cog-7172).]