Where does “naiv” come from?

naiv (Ladino) comes from Latin nivem, from Proto-Italic sniks, from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs — snow.

naiv (Ladino): snow

Definitions

  1. snow

Ancestry of “naiv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnivemaccusative singular of nix
2Proto-Italicsnikssnow
3Proto-Indo-Europeansnígʷʰssnow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs →Every word from Proto-Italic sniks →Every word from Latin nivem →