Where does “nēvel” come from?

nēvel (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch neval, from Old Portuguese nevar, from Vulgar Latin nivare, from Latin nix, from Proto-Italic sniks, from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs — snow.

nēvel (Middle Dutch): fog, mist

Definitions

  1. fog, mist

Ancestry of “nēvel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchneval—
2Old Portuguesenevar—
3Vulgar Latinnivarepresent active infinitive of *nivō
4Latinnixsnow; white hair
5Proto-Italicsnikssnow
6Proto-Indo-Europeansnígʷʰssnow

Words derived from “nēvel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs →Every word from Proto-Italic sniks →Every word from Latin nix →