naedh

noun. a wound

a wound(ing)

naedh

noun. wounding, wound

A noun for “a wounding, a wound” appearing in revisions to the Outline of Phonology (OP2) made around 1959, derived from primitive ✶snagdē based on the root √SNAG “wound, gash” (PE19/91). Here the combination agd vocalized to aið, and then the ai became ae.

Cognates

• Q. nahte “wounding, wound” ✧ PE19/091

Derivations

• ✶snagdē “a wounding, a wound” ✧ PE19/091
  • √SNAG “wound, gash” ✧ PE19/091
• √SNAG “wound, gash” ✧ PE19/092

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶snagdē > naeð	[snagdē] > [snaidē] > [snaide] > [n̥aide] > [n̥aiðe] > [n̥aið] > [n̥aeð] > [naeð]	✧ PE19/091

Variations

• naeð ✧ PE19/091; PE19/092 (naeð)