Where does “nicchiamento” come from?

nicchiamento (Italian) comes from Italian nicchiare, from Italian nicchia, from Latin nīdus, from Proto-Italic nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European nisdós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ni, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

nicchiamento (Italian): shilly-shallying

Definitions

  1. shilly-shallying

Ancestry of “nicchiamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliannicchiareTo hesitate or shilly-shally
2Italiannicchianiche; cavity, hollow; third-person singular...
3Latinnīdusnest
4Proto-Italicnizdosnest
5Proto-Indo-Europeannisdósnest
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nidown
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ni →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nisdós →