néos

From Proto-Hellenic *néwos (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀚𐀺 (ne-wo)), from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. Cognates include Old English nīewe (English new), Latin novus, Sanskrit नव (náva), and Avestan ⁧𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀⁩ (nauua).

Contrasting the attested feminine form of νέος in Attic, νέᾱ (néā), as well as the word κόρη (kórē) (from Proto-Hellenic *kórwā), we must establish a relative chronology for the Lautgesetze, assuming the digamma from the original form *νέϝος disappeared earlier when between vowels than after liquid and nasal consonants. See Attic–Ionic vowel shift.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /né.wos/ → /ˈne.os/ → /ˈne.os/

Adjective

νέος • (néos) m (feminine νέᾱ, neuter νέον); first/second declension

1. young
2. (pertaining to young people) youthful
3. new, fresh
4. (euphemistic, especially in comparative) unexpected, strange, evil