Where does “nevî” come from?

nevî (Northern Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian *nápāts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian nápāts, from Proto-Indo-European népōts — grandson; descendant; nephew.

nevî (Northern Kurdish): grandchild

Definitions

  1. grandchild

Ancestry of “nevî”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*nápāts—
2Proto-Indo-Iraniannápātsdescendant; grandson
3Proto-Indo-Europeannépōtsgrandson; descendant; nephew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European népōts →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian nápāts →Every word from Proto-Iranian *nápāts →