Where does “gnězdo” come from?

gnězdo (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic gnězdo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nísdan, from Proto-Indo-European nisdós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ni, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

gnězdo (Lower Sorbian): nest

Definitions

  1. nest

Ancestry of “gnězdo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgnězdonest
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*nísdannest
3Proto-Indo-Europeannisdósnest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nidown
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ni →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nisdós →