Where does “nessa” come from?

nessa (Ligurian) comes from Latin neptia, from Latin neptis, from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

nessa (Ligurian): niece

Definitions

  1. niece

Ancestry of “nessa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinneptiagranddaughter
2Latinneptisgranddaughter
3Proto-Indo-Europeannéptih₂granddaughter; niece
4Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂ →
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