Where does “bisnietu” come from?

bisnietu (Asturian) comes from Asturian nietu, from Vulgar Latin nepta, from Latin neptis, from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

bisnietu (Asturian): great-grandson

Definitions

  1. great-grandson

Ancestry of “bisnietu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturiannietugrandson
2Vulgar Latinnepta—
3Latinneptisgranddaughter
4Proto-Indo-Europeannéptih₂granddaughter; niece
5Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂ →