Etymograph

English

Niš

Niš comes from Serbo-Croatian Niš, and goes back to Proto-Albanian *Nṑʃ.

  1. Proto-Albanianprehistoric (reconstructed)*Nṑʃreconstructed
  2. Serbo-CroatianmodernNiš
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Albanianprehistoric (reconstructed)*Nṑʃreconstructed
  2. Serbo-CroatianmodernNiš
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A city, the administrative centre of Nišava district, southern Serbia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Albanian *Nṑʃ / Niš