Where does “niaz” come from?

niaz (Mauritian Creole) comes from French nuage, from French nue, from Middle French nue, from Old French nue, from Vulgar Latin nuba, from Latin nūbēs, from Proto-Indo-European (s)newdʰ- — to cover.

niaz (Mauritian Creole): cloud

Definitions

  1. cloud

Ancestry of “niaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnuagecloud; first-person singular present indicative...
2Frenchnuefeminine singular of nu; cloud
3Middle Frenchnuecloud
4Old Frenchnuecloud
5Vulgar Latinnuba—
6Latinnūbēscloud
7Proto-Indo-European(s)newdʰ-to cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)newdʰ- →