(s)nē-

Also nē-. To spin, sew. Contracted from earlier *(s)neə₁-.

1. Suffixed form *nē-tlā-. needle, from Old English nǣdl, needle, from Germanic *nēthlō.

2. Suffixed form *snē-mn̥. nemato-; axoneme, chromonema, protonema, synaptinemal complex, treponema, from Greek nēma, thread.

3. Suffixed o-grade form *snō-tā-. snood, from Old English snōd, headband, from Germanic *snōdō.

 

[Pokorny (s)nē- 973.]

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