Where does “nepnieuws” come from?

nepnieuws (Dutch) comes from Dutch nieuws, from Dutch nieuw, from Middle Dutch niewe, from Old Dutch niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European néwyos, from Proto-Indo-European néwos — new; to nod, assent to.

nepnieuws (Dutch): Fake news, especially misleading items posted and...

Definitions

  1. Fake news, especially misleading items posted and...

Ancestry of “nepnieuws”, step by step

nepnieuws traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch nieuws

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnieuwsnews
2Dutchnieuwnew
3Middle Dutchniewenew
4Old Dutchniuwinew
5Proto-West Germanicniwinew
6Proto-Germanic*niwjaz—
7Proto-Indo-EuropeannéwyosAlternative form of *néwos; new
8Proto-Indo-Europeannéwosnew
9Proto-Indo-Europeannew-new; to nod, assent to

via Dutch nep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnepimitation, fake; fake, not real; artificial, not...
2GermanNepprip-off; fake, rip-off
Every word from Proto-Indo-European new- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European néwos →Every word from Proto-Indo-European néwyos →