Where does “nevar” come from?

nevar (Old Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin nivare, from Latin nix, from Proto-Italic sniks, from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs — snow.

Ancestry of “nevar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinnivarepresent active infinitive of *nivō
2Latinnixsnow; white hair
3Proto-Italicsnikssnow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnígʷʰssnow

Words derived from “nevar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs →Every word from Proto-Italic sniks →Every word from Latin nix →