- νηδύς
- νηδύς, -ύοςGrammatical information: f.Other forms: `abdominal cavity, abdomen' (Il.).Dialectal forms: -ύ̄ς, second. -ῠ́ς; Schwyzer 463f.Derivatives: With ιο-suffix νήδυια n. pl. `intestines' (P 524, A. R., Nic.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unexplained. Quite improbable hypotheses by Windisch IF 3, 84, Fick KZ 43, 149, Grošelj Razprave 2, 47 (to Germ., e.g. OWNo. nōt f. `big net', Goth. nati n. 'Netz', Lat. nōdus, IE *ned- 'turn together, tie together'); by Brugmann IF 11, 271ff. (to Lat. abdōmen). [The similarity with Etrusc. netsvis (Hammarström Glotta 11, 212 f., Schwyzer 62) is not really remarkable.] -- WP. 1, 777 a. 2, 328, W.-Hofmann s. nassa a. abdōmen. Ragot (RPh LXXIV(2000) 276) reminds of the remark by Meillet, Études sur l'étym. et le vocab. 2 (1905) 408f on OCS nědra `κόλπος' which could be from *nēd-.Page in Frisk: 2,
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.