Where does “aniñar” come from?

aniñar (Spanish) comes from Galician niño, from Old Portuguese nio, from Latin nidus, from Proto-Italic nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European nisdós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ni, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

aniñar (Spanish): to cause to be childlike; to be childlike

Definitions

to cause to be childlike; to be childlike

Ancestry of “aniñar”, step by step

aniñar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician niño

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Galician	niño	nest
2	Old Portuguese	nio	nest
3	Latin	nidus	nest; dwelling for animals
4	Proto-Italic	nizdos	nest
5	Proto-Indo-European	nisdós	nest
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₁ni	down
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

via Spanish niño

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	niño	child; boy, girl
2	Vulgar Latin	ninnus	—

Words derived from “aniñar”

aniñado
aniñadoiro

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →