Where does “niveastă” come from?

niveastă (Megleno-Romanian) comes from Proto-Slavic nevěsta, from Proto-Slavic věděti, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

niveastă (Megleno-Romanian): wife, bride

Definitions

  1. wife, bride

Ancestry of “niveastă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnevěstabride
2Proto-Slavicvědětito know; to foresee
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wóyde →Every word from Proto-Slavic věděti →