नप्तृ
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- grandson
- great-grandson
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *náptā inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náptā inherited from Proto-Indo-European *népōts (grandson, sister's son, grandchild, nephew, descendant), *-tḗr (agent nouns from verbs, suffix forming glossary, denoting someone something whose role purpose it is to perform the verb's action).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*-tḗr
Gloss
agent nouns from verbs, suffix forming glossary, denoting someone something whose role purpose it is to perform the verb's action
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *nepōta Latin
- nepos, nepōs, nepōtem Latin
- nepos, nepōtem Latin
- nepot- Latin
- nepōs Latin
- nepotismo Italian
- nievo Italian
- neveu French
- -τήρ Ancient Greek
- καθετήρ Ancient Greek
- ἀνεψιός Ancient Greek
- *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *népōts Proto-Indo-European
- nepotismo Portuguese
- *nefô Proto-Germanic
- genefa Old English
- nefa Old English
- नपात् Sanskrit
- नप्तृ Sanskrit
- nefe Middle English
- neve Middle English
- nefi Old Norse
- neveu Old French
- नाती Hindi
- nepoată Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ανίψι Greek (modern)
- ανιψιός Greek (modern)
- *nefō gmw-pro
- *nepada Proto-Finnic
- *neɸūss Proto-Celtic
- *náptā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nápāts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nepōts Proto-Italic
- nevôt Friulian
- *náptā Proto-Indo-Aryan
- np Middle Persian
- neodo Venetian
- nevódo Venetian
- 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀼𑀅 Maharastri Prakrit
- *nepō Proto-Albanian
- *nepōtś(i)ā Proto-Albanian
- *nápāth Proto-Iranian
- 𐎴𐎱𐎠 Old Persian
- नाथु Konkani
- 𑘡𑘰𑘝𑘳 Old Marathi
- नाती Old Hindi