Where does “nitso” come from?

nitso (Cebuano) comes from Spanish nicho, from French niche, from Middle French niche, from Old French niche, from Old French nichier, from Latin nīdus, from Proto-Italic nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European nisdós — in.

nitso (Cebuano): a burial niche; a loculus; a tomb

Definitions

  1. a burial niche; a loculus; a tomb

Ancestry of “nitso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnichoniche; burial niche
2Frenchnicheniche; kennel; first-person singular present...
3Middle Frenchniche—
4Old Frenchniche—
5Old Frenchnichierto nest
6Latinnīdusnest
7Proto-Italicnizdosnest
8Proto-Indo-Europeannisdósnest
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nidown
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ni →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nisdós →