neve
English
/niːv/
noun
Definitions
- (rare) Nephew.
- (rare) A male cousin.
- (rare) A grandson.
- (rare) A spendthrift.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English neve inherited from Old English nefa (grandson, nephew) 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
- nevvy English
- nepos, nepōs, nepōtem Latin
- nepos, nepōtem Latin
- nepot- Latin
- nepōs Latin
- 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
- nevo Old High German
- nëfe Middle High German
- *nefō gmw-pro
- *nepada Proto-Finnic
- *neɸūss Proto-Celtic
- nēve Middle Low German
- néf Cimbrian
- *náptā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nápāts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nepōts Proto-Italic
- Neev Low German
- *nepō Proto-Albanian
- *nepōtś(i)ā Proto-Albanian