Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “néptih₂”

108 words across 46 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂ — including niece, grandniece, stepniece, nift, niecely, nièce, neptis, nieceless.

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English (15)

Spanish (9)

Portuguese (8)

Catalan (6)

Latin (5)

Dutch (5)

Asturian (5)

Middle English (4)

French (3)

Welsh (3)

Galician (2)

Proto-Italic (2)

Old English (2)

Old Portuguese (2)

Old French (2)

Proto-Brythonic (2)

Middle Welsh (2)

Cornish (2)

Chavacano (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old Irish (1)

Irish (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Friulian (1)

Breton (1)

West Frisian (1)

Danish (1)

Swedish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Ligurian (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Late Latin (1)

Sanskrit (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle French (1)

Translingual (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Seychellois Creole (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)

Prakrit (1)