nicht
Dutch (Brabantic)
/nɪxt/
noun
Definitions
- female cousin; daughter of someone's uncle or aunt
- niece; daughter of someone's brother or sister
- niece; daughter of someone's brother- or sister-in-law
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch nichte inherited from Old Dutch *nift inherited from Proto-Germanic *niftiz (niece, female relative, granddaughter).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*niftiz
Gloss
niece, female relative, granddaughter
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
姪
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Nichte German
- achter Dutch, Flemish
- achternicht Dutch, Flemish
- leer Dutch, Flemish
- leernicht Dutch, Flemish
- pisnicht Dutch, Flemish
- pissen Dutch, Flemish
- regelen Dutch, Flemish
- regelnicht Dutch, Flemish
- rel Dutch, Flemish
- relnicht Dutch, Flemish
- *néptih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *niftiz Proto-Germanic
- nift Old English
- nipt Old Norse
- nichte Middle Dutch
- niftila Old High German
- *nift Old Dutch
- nichte Middle Low German
- nicht Western Frisian