Where does “Nevis” come from?
Nevis comes from Spanish nieves, the plural of nieve meaning snow, from Latin nix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs.
Ancestry of “Nevis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Nieves | derived from the given name, or from a nickname for someone with white hair |
| 2 | Spanish | nieves | plural of nieve |
| 3 | Spanish | nieve | snow; ice cream |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *nĕvem | — |
| 5 | Latin | nix | snow; white hair |
| 6 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |