ninho
Portuguese
/ˈni.ɲu/, /ˈni.ɲo/
noun
Definitions
- (ornithology) nest (bird-built structure)
- (by extension) nest (place used by any animal for depositing eggs and hatching young)
- (figurative) one’s home viewed affectionately
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese *nio, nio, nĩo (nest) inherited from Latin nīdus (nest, a nest) inherited from Proto-Italic *nizdos (nest) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (nest).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*nisdós
Gloss
nest
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nidation English
- nidicolous English
- nidifugous English
- nidus English
- nye English
- nidifico Latin
- nidiformis Latin
- nidus Latin
- nīdus Latin
- micronido Italian
- nidicolo Italian
- nido Italian
- snidare Italian
- niais French
- nid French
- anidar Spanish, Castilian
- nido Spanish, Castilian
- *nisdós Proto-Indo-European
- *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- aninhado Portuguese
- aninhar Portuguese
- *nestą Proto-Germanic
- *gnězdo Proto-Slavic
- niche Old French
- niu Catalan, Valencian
- liñeiro Galician
- neada Galician
- neal Galician
- nial Galician
- niallo Galician
- niñeiro Galician
- niño Galician
- nío Galician
- nid Middle French
- *nio, nio, nĩo Old Portuguese
- nio Old Portuguese
- *nisdos Proto-Celtic
- *niždás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nizdos Proto-Italic
- nieru Asturian
- nît Friulian
- *nezda Proto-Albanian
- naid Dalmatian