Where does “nea” come from?

nea (Romanian) comes from Latin nivem, from Proto-Italic sniks, from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs — snow.

nea (Romanian): snow

Definitions

  1. snow

Ancestry of “nea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnivemaccusative singular of nix
2Proto-Italicsnikssnow
3Proto-Indo-Europeansnígʷʰssnow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs →Every word from Proto-Italic sniks →Every word from Latin nivem →
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