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Where does “nichier” come from?

nichier (Old French) comes from Latin nīdus, from Proto-Italic nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European nisdós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ni, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

nichier (Old French): to nest

Definitions

  1. to nest

Ancestry of “nichier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnīdus—
2Proto-Italicnizdosnest
3Proto-Indo-Europeannisdósnest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nidown
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “nichier”

  • nice
  • nicely
  • niche
  • niceness
  • niched
  • renice
  • overnice
  • Niceville
  • subniche
  • microniche
  • niceish
  • overniceness
  • supernice
  • econiche
  • unnice
  • nicheless
  • multiniche
  • nichey
  • nicen
  • overnicely
  • nice-but-dim
  • outnice
  • seminice
  • nicheness
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