Where does “nef” come from?

nef (Middle French) comes from Old French nef, from Latin nāpus, from Ancient Greek νᾶπυ, from Demotic snwpt.

nef (Middle French): boat; ship; watercraft

Definitions

  1. boat; ship; watercraft

Ancestry of “nef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnefboat; ship; watercraft
2Latinnāpusturnip, field mustard (Brassica rapa)
3Ancient Greekνᾶπυmustard
4Demoticsnwpt—

Words derived from “nef”

Every word from Demotic snwpt →Every word from Ancient Greek νᾶπυ →Every word from Latin nāpus →