Cognate Set 858 – Meaning: black

IE-CoR reference form:
niger
IE-CoR reference language:
Latin
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Etymology outside of Italic uncertain (Ernout & Meillet 1985:441, de Vaan 2008:409).
Found in clades:
Italic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 19 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
141   Catalan negre ˈnɛɣɾə ˈnɛɡɾə
136   French noir nwaːʁ nwaʁ
129   Italian nero ˈneːɾo ˈnero
131   Ladin neigher ˈnei̯ɡɛr
134   Sardinian: Logudoro nieddu ni.ˈeːddu ni.ˈeːddu
133   Sardinian: Nuoro nieddu ni.ˈeːddu ni.ˈeːddu
143   Spanish negro ˈneɣɾo ˈneɡɾo
137   Walloon neûr nøːʁ nøːʁ
124   Latin niger ˈniɡer ˈniɡer niger, nigra, nigrum. Used in contrast to 'white' in proverbial expressions.
130   Friulian neri ˈneri ˈneri Msg., fsg. nere, mpl.=fpl. neris. Identical to lexeme 31656 'liver'.
125   Romanian negru ˈneɡɾu ˈneɡru
128   Neapolitan niro ˈniɾə ˈnirə
135   Anglo-Norman neir
142   Old Spanish negro ˈneɡɾo
139   Franco-Provençal nai ˈnæĭ ˈna͡i
126   Megleno-Romanian negru
138   Old Occitan negre, negra adj: masc, fem
140   Old Catalan negre nɛɣɾə nɛɣɾə
132   Milanese négar ˈneɡar
References
  • Ernout, Alfred and Meillet, Antoine: 441
    S.v. Lat. niger 'noir'. Etymology unknown.
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 409
    S.v. Lat. niger 'black, dark'. Unknown etymology.