Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *nīwalazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_nīwalaz
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ὀπιπεύω*nídownनीचbelow, down
adja-stemlying down, prone, prostratedeepLikely from earlier *nīgwala-, denominative adjective from pre-Germanic *nih₃kʷ- (‘looking down, facing down’), compound of Proto-Indo-European *ní (‘down’) and *h₃ekʷ- (‘to see’). Compare Sanskrit नीच (nīca, ‘below, down’). For a similar formation, see Ancient Greek ὀπιπεύω (opipeúō) < *h₁opi-h₃kʷ-.