neve
Portuguese
/ˈnɛ.vɨ/, /ˈnɛ.vi/
noun
Definitions
- snow
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese neve (snow) inherited from Latin nivem, nix (snow) inherited from Proto-Italic *sniks (snow) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs (snow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*snígʷʰs
Gloss
snow
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
雪
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nivem Latin
- nivem, nix Latin
- nivō, nivo, nivāre Latin
- nivōsus Latin
- nix Latin
- innevare Italian
- nevaio Italian
- nevare Italian
- neve Italian
- nevicare Italian
- neviera Italian
- nevometro Italian
- nevoso Italian
- paraneve Italian
- sparaneve Italian
- aguanieve Spanish, Castilian
- motonieve Spanish, Castilian
- nevar Spanish, Castilian
- nevería Spanish, Castilian
- nieve Spanish, Castilian
- quitanieves Spanish, Castilian
- νίφα Ancient Greek
- *sneygʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *snígʷʰs Proto-Indo-European
- nevasca Portuguese
- nevoso Portuguese
- nevão Portuguese
- noi Old French
- neu Catalan, Valencian
- neve Galician
- snechtae Old Irish
- niyebe Tagalog
- tagniyebe Tagalog
- neve Old Portuguese
- neao Aromanian
- neauã Aromanian
- nèu Occitan
- *sniks Proto-Italic
- nieve Asturian
- nêf Friulian
- nivi Sicilian
- nai Dalmatian
- nevi Kabuverdianu
- nëif Ladin
- neve Guinea-Bissau Creole