Neffe
German (Berlin)
/ˈnɛfə/
noun
Definitions
- nephew
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German nefo 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
- nepos, nepōs, nepōtem Latin
- nepos, nepōtem Latin
- nepot- Latin
- nepōs Latin
- achterneef Dutch, Flemish
- geilneef Dutch, Flemish
- neef Dutch, Flemish
- regelneef Dutch, Flemish
- ἀνεψιός Ancient Greek
- *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *nepoter- Proto-Indo-European
- *népōts Proto-Indo-European
- *nefanǭ Proto-Germanic
- *nefô Proto-Germanic
- genefa Old English
- nefa Old English
- नपात् Sanskrit
- नप्तृ Sanskrit
- nefe Middle English
- neve Middle English
- nefi Old Norse
- nēve Middle Dutch
- nefo Old High German
- nevo Old High German
- neef Afrikaans
- nëfe Middle High German
- *nefō gmw-pro
- *nefo Old Dutch
- *nepada Proto-Finnic
- *neɸūss Proto-Celtic
- néf Cimbrian
- *náptā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nápāts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- nevo Old Saxon
- *nepōts Proto-Italic
- neef Western Frisian
- *nepō Proto-Albanian
- *nepōtś(i)ā Proto-Albanian