Where does “nieta” come from?

nieta (Chavacano) comes from Spanish nieta, 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 (Chavacano): granddaughter

Definitions

granddaughter

Ancestry of “nieta”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	nieta	granddaughter
2	Late Latin	nepta	—
3	Latin	neptis	granddaughter
4	Proto-Indo-European	néptih₂	granddaughter; niece
5	Proto-Indo-European	-ih₂	Feminizes athematic nominal stems
6	Proto-Indo-European	-h₂	Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

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