nāve

Alternative forms

 * (6th decl.)

Etymology
Originally an i-stem (compare dialectal ) changed by analogy into a 5th-declension e-stem; from, from , from the stem. There is also a stem (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. It is possible that these two *neh₂w-'s were originally one stem, with the meaning “timber, tree” (compare 🇨🇬, apparently with metathesis of v and n), from which the meaning would change in two ways: on the one hand, “timber, tree” > “dug-out tree” > “boat, ship”, and, on the other hand, “timber, tree” > “tree stump, dead tree” > “dead body; death.”

Cognates include 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 dialectal , , , 🇨🇬 archaic , 🇨🇬, genitive , 🇨🇬 (< 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) death the end of life, of a lifetime
 * nāves sods, nāvessods — death penalty
 * nāves sods, nāvessods — death penalty
 * nāves sods, nāvessods — death penalty
 * nāves sods, nāvessods — death penalty
 * nāves sods, nāvessods — death penalty
 * nāves sods, nāvessods — death penalty
 * nāves sods, nāvessods — death penalty
 * nāves sods, nāvessods — death penalty
 * nāves sods, nāvessods — death penalty
 * nāves sods, nāvessods — death penalty
 * nāves sods, nāvessods — death penalty