Where does “Nevada” come from?

Nevada (Spanish) comes from Latin nivatus, from Latin nix, from Proto-Italic sniks, from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs — snow.

Nevada (Spanish): snowfall

Definitions

  1. snowfall

Ancestry of “Nevada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnivatussnowy, besnowed
2Latinnixsnow; white hair
3Proto-Italicsnikssnow
4Proto-Indo-Europeansnígʷʰssnow

Words derived from “Nevada”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European snígʷʰs →