Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nefô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *nefōd, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts (“descendant, nephew”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈne.ɸɔːː/

Noun

*nefô m[1]

  1. nephew
  2. grandson

Inflection

Declension of *nefô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *nefô *nefaniz
vocative *nefô *nefaniz
accusative *nefanų *nefanunz
genitive *nifiniz *nefanǫ̂
dative *nifini *nefammaz
instrumental *nifinē *nefammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *nefō
    • Old English: nefa
      • Middle English: neve, neave, neva, nefa, newe, neafe, nefe
        • English: neve
    • Old Frisian: neva
    • Old Saxon: nevo
      • Middle Low German: nēve
        • German Low German: Neev
    • Old Dutch: nevo
      • Middle Dutch: nēve
        • Dutch: neef
          • Afrikaans: neef
          • → Papiamentu: neefie (dated)
          • → Sranan Tongo: nefo, neifo
          • → West Frisian: neef
        • Limburgish: naef
    • Old High German: nevo, nefo

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*nefan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 386
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