Tuesday, December 8, 2009

ननदोई نَندوئی ♣ Eng. nun + power

ननदोई نَندوئی ♣ Eng. nun + power

[nandōī], m. the husband of one’s husband’s sister.

[◀MIA ∙∙∙ ◀OIA nanāndr̥pati-, °duḥpati- m. ‘husband’s sister’s husband’ lex. <+②páti- m. ‘lord, master, possessor, husband’ RV. (♣Eng. possess, power) <nánāndr̥- f. ‘husband’s sister’ RV., nanandr̥-, nandā-, nandinī- f. lex. ◀PIE *nana, nena, etc. ‘mother, etc.’ (nursery word)] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. nanny, nun, nano- ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 1156; (Turner, 1966) 6947, 6946, ② 7727; (MW, 1899) 0526, ② 0582; (Pokorny, 1959) 0754, ② 0842; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.010, ② 2.073

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