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==Etymology==
− It is [[inh|itc-pro|*n̥gʷni-|t=fire]], from [[inh|ine-pro|*h₁n̥gʷnís|t=fire]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces the development through the stages *Hn̥gʷni- > *Həngni- > *engni-, which became egni- (or ingni-) by dissimilation.^(de Vaan 2008) The word replaced the inherited Italic word for fire, [[m|itc-pro|*pūr]].^(Wiktionary)
+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*n̥gʷni-|t=fire]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₁n̥gʷnís|t=fire]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces the development through the stages *Hn̥gʷni- > *Həngni- > *engni-, which became egni- (or ingni-) by dissimilation.^(de Vaan 2008) The word replaced the inherited Italic word for fire, [[m|itc-pro|*pūr]].^(Wiktionary)
Cognate with [[sa|अग्नि|tr=agní-|t=fire]], [[lt|ugnis]] and [[cu|огнь|tr=ognĭ]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Pokorny 1959) Varro derived it from being born ([[nascor|alt=nāscī]]), and Isidore of Seville because nothing can be born of it.^(TLL)