Reconstruction:Old Galician-Portuguese/nio

This Old Galician-Portuguese 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.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin nīdus (“nest”), from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈni.o/, /ˈnĩ.o/, [ˈnĩ.j̃o]

Noun

*nio m (plural *nios)

  1. nest

Descendants

  • Galician: niño, nin, nío, ninho (reintegrationist)
  • Portuguese: ninho (see there for further descendants)
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