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Where does “*nísdan” come from?

*nísdan (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European nisdós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ni, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “*nísdan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeannisdósnest
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nidown
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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