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

134 words across 38 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European nes- — including nostalgia, nostalgic, Nestor, Nestorian, nostalgically, naos, nostos, nostalgist.

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Irish (19)

English (15)

German (11)

Norwegian Bokmål (9)

Norwegian Nynorsk (9)

Ancient Greek (7)

Swedish (6)

Dutch (5)

Italian (4)

Danish (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Old Irish (3)

Greek (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Old High German (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Finnish (2)

Scottish Gaelic (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Middle Low German (2)

French (1)

Aramaic (1)

Czech (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Gothic (1)

Old English (1)

Persian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Spanish (1)

Proto-Celtic (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

New Latin (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Old Danish (1)

Late Latin (1)

Proto-Hellenic (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European nes- — 134 descendants | Etymology Explorer