nevö
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- (somewhat) nephew (fraternal or sororal nephew)
Etymology
Borrowed from French neveu derived from Old French neveu (nephew, grandson) derived from Latin nepōs (nephew) derived from Proto-Italic *nepōts derived 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
- Neave English
- *nepōta Latin
- nepos Latin
- nepos, nepōs, nepōtem Latin
- nepos, nepōtem Latin
- nepot- Latin
- nepōs Latin
- nepōtem Latin
- nepotismo Italian
- nievo Italian
- arrière-neveu French
- beau-neveu French
- neveu French
- ἀνεψιός Ancient Greek
- *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *népōts Proto-Indo-European
- nevø Norwegian Bokmål
- nepotismo Portuguese
- *nefô Proto-Germanic
- nevø Norwegian Nynorsk
- नपात् Sanskrit
- नप्तृ Sanskrit
- nevew Middle English
- nevø Danish
- neveu Old French
- nevo Esperanto
- nepoată Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- n'veu Norman
- nepveu Middle French
- *nepada Proto-Finnic
- *neɸūss Proto-Celtic
- *náptā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nápāts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nepōts Proto-Italic
- nevôt Friulian
- neodo Venetian
- nevódo Venetian
- *nepō Proto-Albanian
- *nepōtś(i)ā Proto-Albanian
- neve Mauritian Creole
- neve Seychellois Creole