niece
English
/niːs/, /nis/
noun
Definitions
- A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
Etymology
Derived from Middle English nece (granddaughter, niece) derived from Old French nece (granddaughter, niece) derived from Latin *neptia, neptis (granddaughter) derived from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂ (niece, granddaughter, sister's son, grandchild).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*néptih₂
Gloss
niece, granddaughter, sister's son, grandchild
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
姪
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fucker English
- grandniece English
- great-grandniece English
- great-niece English
- niece fucker English
- niece-in-law English
- nieceless English
- niecely English
- nieceship English
- step-niece English
- stepniece English
- *nepta Latin
- *neptia Latin
- nepta Latin
- neptis Latin
- proneptis Latin
- arrière-nièce French
- belle-nièce French
- nièce French
- *néptih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *niftiz Proto-Germanic
- niece Swedish
- nece Middle English
- niece Danish
- nece Old French
- niece Old French
- nièche Norman
- *nextī Proto-Celtic
- *néptih₂ Proto-Italic
- nyes Mauritian Creole
- nyes Seychellois Creole