nestera

nestera Grammatical information: f. ā Proto-Slavic meaning: `niece'

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Church Slavic:

nestera (RuCS) `niece' [f ā]

Old Russian:

nestera `niece' [f ā]

Old Polish:

nieściora `niece' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

nèstera `niece, sister's daughter' [f ā]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: nep(ō)t-

Lithuanian:

nepuotis (OLith.) `grandson, granddaughter' [m/f i];

neptė (OLith.) `granddaughter' [f ē]

Indo-European reconstruction: (h₂)nep-t-ter-eh₂

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Other cognates:

Skt. naptī́- (RV+) `daughter, granddaughter' [f];

Gk. ἀνεψιός `cousin'

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Lat. neptis `granddaughter, (later) niece' [f];

OIr. necht `niece' [f];

OHG nift(a) `niece' [f]