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Where does “*nest” come from?

*nest (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic nestą, from Proto-Indo-European nisdós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ni, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “*nest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnestąnest; provisions; food and supplies
2Proto-Indo-Europeannisdósnest
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nidown
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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