Where does “nicheur” come from?
nicheur (French) comes from French nicher, from Old French nigier, from Old French ier, from Latin herī, from Latin here, from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes- — day.
nicheur (French): nesting
Ancestry of “nicheur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | nicher | to nest; to nestle; to hang out |
| 2 | Old French | nigier | to nest; of a bird, to build a nest |
| 3 | Old French | ier | yesterday |
| 4 | Latin | herī | — |
| 5 | Latin | here | yesterday; second-person singular present active... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | hezī | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyési | yesterday |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰyes- | yesterday, the day before |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeǵʰ- | day |