Where does “nift” come from?

nift (Old English) comes 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...

nift (Old English): niece; granddaughter; stepdaughter

Definitions

  1. niece; granddaughter; stepdaughter

Ancestry of “nift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicniftiza female descendant or relative; granddaughter;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeannéptih₂granddaughter; niece
3Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
4Proto-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 →
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