Where does “nieta” come from?

nieta (Asturian) comes from Late 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...

nieta (Asturian): granddaughter, female equivalent of nietu

Definitions

  1. granddaughter, female equivalent of nietu

Ancestry of “nieta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinnepta—
2Latinneptisgranddaughter
3Proto-Indo-Europeannéptih₂granddaughter; niece
4Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
5Proto-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 →