Where does “nieto” come from?

nieto (Spanish) comes from Spanish nieta, from Late Latin nepta, from Latin neptis, from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

nieto (Spanish): grandchild; grandson

Definitions

  1. grandchild; grandson

Ancestry of “nieto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishnietagranddaughter
2Late Latinnepta—
3Latinneptisgranddaughter
4Proto-Indo-Europeannéptih₂granddaughter; niece
5Proto-Indo-European-ih₂Feminizes athematic nominal stems
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “nieto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ih₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European néptih₂ →