Where does “niz” come from?
niz (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic hnits, from Proto-Indo-European *-níd-.
niz (Old High German): nit
Ancestry of “niz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | hnits | nit, louse egg |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | *-níd- | — |