Where does “nift” come from?

nift (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *nifti, from Proto-Germanic niftiz, from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “nift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*nifti—
2Proto-Germanicniftiza female descendant or relative; granddaughter;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeannéptih₂granddaughter; niece
4Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “nift”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂ →