Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
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English |
Old English | nefa | nephew, stepson, grandson | n.masc | W7 ASD LRC |
Old English | nift | niece, granddaughter | n.fem | KEW LRC |
Middle English | nece | niece, granddaughter | n | W7 LRC |
Middle English | nevew | nephew | n | W7 LRC |
English | nephew | son of brother(-in-law) or sister(-in-law) | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | nepotism | favoritism towards family/relatives | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | niece | daughter of brother(-in-law) or sister(-in-law) | n | AHD W7 LRC |
West Germanic |
Old Frisian | neva | nephew, grandson, stepson | n | ASD LRC |
Dutch | neef | nephew, male cousin | n.masc | TLL LRC |
Dutch | nicht | niece, female cousin | n.fem | TLL LRC |
Old Saxon | neb@h%o, nevo | nephew | n.masc | KSW LRC |
Old High German | nefo | nephew, grandson, stepson | n | ASD LRC |
German | Neffe | nephew | n.masc | LRC |
German | Nichte | niece | n.fem | LRC |
North Germanic |
Old Norse | nipt | close female relative | n.fem | KNW LRC |
Icelandic | nefi | nephew, kinsman | n | ASD LRC |
Italic |
Latin | nepos, nepōtis | nephew, grandson | n.masc | W7 CLD LRC |
Latin | neptis | niece, granddaughter | n.fem | W7 LRC |
Late Latin | neptia | niece, granddaughter | n.fem | W7 LRC |
Old French | neveu | nephew | n.masc | W7 LRC |
Old French | nièce | niece | n.fem | W7 LRC |
French | népotisme | nepotism | n.masc | W7 LRC |
Italian | nepote | nephew, grandchild | n.masc | W7 LRC |
Italian | nepotismo | nepotism | n.masc | W7 LRC |
Indo-Iranian |
Sanskrit | napāt | grandson | n | W7 LRC |