Where does “neta” come from?

neta (Old Portuguese) comes from Late Latin nepta, from Latin neptis, from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ancestry of “neta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinnepta
2Latinneptisgranddaughter
3Proto-Indo-Europeannéptih₂granddaughter; niece
4Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “neta

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂Every word from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂