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Where does “nietu” come from?

nietu (Asturian) comes 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...

nietu (Asturian): grandson

Definitions

  1. grandson

Ancestry of “nietu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinnepta—
2Latinneptisgranddaughter
3Proto-Indo-Europeannéptih₂granddaughter; niece
4Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “nietu”

  • bisnietu
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