Where does “neva” come from?

neva (Galician) comes from Galician nevar, from Old Portuguese nevar, from Vulgar Latin nivare, from Latin nix, from Proto-Italic sniks, from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs — snow.

neva (Galician): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “neva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciannevarto snow; first/third-person singular future...
2Old Portuguesenevar—
3Vulgar Latinnivarepresent active infinitive of *nivō
4Latinnixsnow; white hair
5Proto-Italicsnikssnow
6Proto-Indo-Europeansnígʷʰssnow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs →Every word from Proto-Italic sniks →Every word from Latin nix →