Where does “nievefu” come from?

nievefu (Scots) comes from Scots nieve, from Old Norse hnefi.

nievefu (Scots): handful, fistful

Definitions

  1. handful, fistful

Ancestry of “nievefu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsnievefist; handful, fistful; to open and close the...
2Old Norsehnefi—
Every word from Old Norse hnefi →Every word from Scots nieve →