Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nügüt

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From *nükü. Compare *nüküden. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. *-t?

Adverb

*nügüt

1. now

   Synonym: *nüküden

Descendants

• Estonian: nüüd
  • →? Livonian: (Courland) ni, (Salaca) nǖd
• Finnish: nyt
• Ingrian: nyt, nyttä
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: nyt
  • South Karelian: nyt, nyyt
• ⇒ Livvi: nygöi
• Ludian: nügü
• Veps: nügüd'
• Võro: nüüd
• Votic: nüd

Further reading

• “nüüd”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012