Where does “nev” come from?

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

nev (Romansch): snow; ship

Definitions

  1. snow; ship

Ancestry of “nev”, 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 →