Cognate Set 1252 – Meaning: foot

IE-CoR reference form:
*h₃neg⁽ʷ⁾ʰ-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Balto-Slavic lexemes, related to the common words for '(finger)nail' widely found elsewhere in Indo-European via a derived feminine stem *h₃nogʷʰ-eh₂ (cf. Derksen 2008:354-355, ESSJa 25:161-164, ALEW 681-682, Derksen 2015:327).
Found in clades:
Baltic, Slavic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough, Lechosław Jocz
Found in 2 clades by 22 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
93   Czech noha ˈnɔɦɑ̈ ˈnoɦa
95   Sorbian: Lower noga ˈnɔɡɑ̈ ˈnoɡa
94   Sorbian: Upper noha ˈnɔ.ɑ̈ ˈnɔ.a
80   Macedonian noga нога ˈno̞ɡɑ̈ ˈnoɡa
97   Russian noga нога nɐˈɡɑ̈ noˈɡa
83   Serbo-Croat noga ˈnɔ̌ɡɑ̈ ˈnǒɡa
91   Slovak noha ˈnɔɦɑ̈ ˈnoɦa
85   Slovene noga ˈnɔ̀ːɡɑ̈ ˈnɔ̀ːɡa
99   Ukrainian noga нога nɔˈʕɑ̈ noˈɦa
78   Old Church Slavonic noga нога nɔɡɑ noɡa
77   Old Prussian nage EV. Gr: noye
88   Polish noga ˈnɔɡɑ̈ ˈnoɡa
98   Belarusian naga нага nɑ̈ˈɣɑ̈ noˈɣa
90   Polabian nügă ˈnyɡɜ ˈnyɡɜ It is attested in the meaning 'foot' in the Polabian corpus. There is also a special term for 'foot': 'stüpă' attested.
89   Kashubian noga nɔɡɑ̈ ˈnoɡa
87   Old Polish noga ˈnɔɡa̠ ˈnoɡa
92   Old Czech noha ˈnɔɦɑ̈ ˈnoɣa
100   Rusyn noɣá nɔˈɣɑ̈, nɔ̃ɦɑ̈̃ noˈɣa
81   Macedonian: Suho nòga ˈno̞ɡɐ ˈnoɡa
82   Macedonian: Visoka nòga ˈno̞ɡɐ ˈnoɡa
86   Slovene: Kostel noga ˈnɔːɡɑ̈ ˈnɔːɡa
84   Slovene: Early Modern noga
References
  • Derksen, Rick: 354-355
    S.v. Proto-Slavic *noga 'foot, leg', as though from PIE *h₃nogʷʰ-eh₂ (cf. Lith. nagà 'hoof'; nãgas 'nail, claw', Gk. ὄνυξ 'nail, claw, hoof', Lat. unguis 'nail, claw', OIr. ingen 'nail', OHG nagal 'nail').
  • Derksen, Rick: 327
    S.v. Lith. nagà 'hoof, nail' (cf. Latv. nagas Npl. 'both hands, hands and feet', OPruss. nage 'foot'), from PIE *h₃n(o)gʷʰ- (cf. Gk. ὄνυξ 'nail, claw, hoof', Lat. unguis 'nail, claw', OIr. ingen 'nail', OHG nagal 'nail').
  • Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 681-682
    Cf. s.v. OLith. nãgas 'Finger- oder Zehennagel, Kralle, Huf' (BSl. Latv. nags 'Finder- oder Zehennagel, Kralle, Huf', OPr. mage 'Fuß'), from PIE *h₃nógʷʰ-/*h₃n̥gʷʰ- 'Finger- oder Zehennagel, Kralle' (cf. Gk. ὄνυξ, -υχος, Lat. unguis, OIr. ingen, ON nagl, OE nægel, etc.).
  • Trubačev, O. N.: 25: 161-164
    PS *noga is derived from PIE *onogh- (: *ongh-, *nogh-, n̥gh-) and related to Lithuanian nagas 'fingernail', Latvian nags 'fingernail, claw', Old High German nagal 'fingernail', Old Irish ingen 'fingernail', Latin unguis 'fingernail', Greek ὄνυξ 'fingernail, claw' etc.<br> It was originally a collective noun with a meaning 'a set of nails/claws' (>'paw, hoof'>'leg, foot').