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Where does “nextī” come from?

nextī (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

nextī (Proto-Celtic): niece

Definitions

  1. niece

Ancestry of “nextī”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nextī”

  • neacht
  • nith
  • necht
  • nėθ
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