neef
Dutch (Brabantic)
noun
Definitions
- male cousin
- nephew
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch nēve inherited from Old Dutch *nefo inherited from *nefō inherited from Proto-Germanic *nefô (nephew, grandson) 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
- nepos, nepōs, nepōtem Latin
- nepos, nepōtem Latin
- nepot- Latin
- nepōs Latin
- Neffe German
- achter Dutch, Flemish
- achterneef Dutch, Flemish
- geil Dutch, Flemish
- geilneef Dutch, Flemish
- regelen Dutch, Flemish
- regelneef Dutch, Flemish
- ἀνεψιός Ancient Greek
- *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *nepoter- Proto-Indo-European
- *népōts Proto-Indo-European
- *nefanǭ Proto-Germanic
- *nefô Proto-Germanic
- nefa Old English
- नपात् Sanskrit
- नप्तृ Sanskrit
- nefi Old Norse
- neve Middle Dutch
- nēve Middle Dutch
- nefo Old High German
- nevo Old High German
- neef Afrikaans
- *nefō gmw-pro
- *nefo Old Dutch
- *nepada Proto-Finnic
- *neɸūss Proto-Celtic
- *náptā Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nápāts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- nevo Old Saxon
- *nepōts Proto-Italic
- neef Western Frisian
- *nepō Proto-Albanian
- *nepōtś(i)ā Proto-Albanian