nefa
Old English
noun
Definitions
- nephew
- grandson
- stepson
Etymology
Inherited from *nefō inherited from Proto-Germanic *nefô (nephew, grandson) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *népōts (grandson, sister's son, grandchild, nephew, descendant).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*népōts
Gloss
grandson, sister's son, grandchild, nephew, descendant
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
孫
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- neve English
- nevvy English
- *nepōta Latin
- nepos, nepōs, nepōtem Latin
- nepos, nepōtem Latin
- nepot- Latin
- nepōs Latin
- Neffe German
- nepotismo Italian
- nievo Italian
- neveu French
- ἀνεψιός Ancient Greek
- *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *nepoter- Proto-Indo-European
- *népōts Proto-Indo-European
- nepotismo Portuguese
- *nefanǭ Proto-Germanic
- *nefô Proto-Germanic
- genefa Old English
- नपात् Sanskrit
- नप्तृ Sanskrit
- नप्तृ Sanskrit
- nefe Middle English
- neve Middle English
- nia Irish
- nefi Old Norse
- *netьjь Proto-Slavic
- neveu Old French
- nećak Serbo-Croatian
- нећак Serbo-Croatian
- नाती Hindi
- nepoată Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nai Welsh
- nefo Old High German
- nevo Old High German
- nia Old Irish
- nïa Old Irish
- nëfe Middle High German
- *nefō gmw-pro
- *nefo Old Dutch
- *nepada Proto-Finnic
- *neɸūss Proto-Celtic
- nēve Middle Low German
- *náptā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nápāts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- nevo Old Saxon
- *nepōts Proto-Italic
- nečak Slovene
- nevôt Friulian
- *náptā Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *nápāts Proto-Indo-Aryan
- np Middle Persian
- neodo Venetian
- nevódo Venetian
- 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀼𑀅 Maharastri Prakrit
- *nepō Proto-Albanian
- *nepōtś(i)ā Proto-Albanian
- *nápāth Proto-Iranian
- 𐎴𐎱𐎠 Old Persian
- nieć Old Polish
- nei Middle Welsh
- nawáw Kalasha
- ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ Primitive Irish