Update on *nekw and the N-word

[Peter &/or Graham]

Glen Gordon said:
>IE *nek-/*nok- "to bear, to carry, to convey"
>     (I've never seen this root. Does anyone know?

Try:
Avestan    fra-nas- = to bring;  (nas = to reach)
Vedic      naSa:mi = to reach
Greek      e:negkon, ene:nokha, etc all < e-nek- (aorist and perfect forms
of) to carry
Old Norse nest = provisions for a journey
OCS      nesti etc to carry, bear, bring
Lithuanian    neSu etc.
Latvian    nesu etc.

I don't have a Pokorny, but I suspect this is one of the cognates not to be
found in him.

Peter