Where does “nest” come from?

nest (Middle English) comes from Old English nēst, from Old English nīehst, from Proto-West Germanic **nāhwist(ō), from Proto-Germanic nēhwist, from Proto-Germanic nēhw, from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- — to reach, to attain.

nest (Middle English): nest

Definitions

  1. nest

Ancestry of “nest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnēstnest
2Old Englishnīehstnearest, next
3Proto-West Germanic**nāhwist(ō)nearest, closest
4Proto-Germanicnēhwistnearest, closest
5Proto-Germanicnēhwnear, close
6Proto-Germanicnēhwaznear, close
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂nḗḱwos—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂neḱ-to reach, to attain

Words derived from “nest”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz →
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