Where does “niz” come from?

niz (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic hnits, from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- — nit, louse egg.

niz (Old High German): nit

Definitions

  1. nit

Ancestry of “niz”, step by step

niz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic hnits

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichnitsnit, louse egg
2Proto-Indo-European*-níd-nit, louse egg

via Proto-West Germanic hnitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichnitu—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱ(o)nid-nit, louse egg

Words derived from “niz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnits →
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