netьjь

netьjь Grammatical information: m. io Proto-Slavic meaning: `nephew'

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Church Slavic:

netii `nephew' [m io]

Old Russian:

netii `nephew' [m io]

Old Polish:

nieć `nephew' [m jo];

niesć `nephew' [m jo]

Serbo-Croatian:

nȅćāk `sister's son' [m o];

Čak. nȅtjāk (Novi) `sister's son' [m o]

Slovene:

nečák `nephew' [m o]

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

Lithuanian:

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

neptis (OLith.) `grandson' [m io]

Indo-European reconstruction: (h₂)nep-t-i-o-

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Other cognates:

Skt. nápāt- (RV+) `descendant, grandson'

;

Gk. ἀνεψιός `cousin'

;

Lat. nepōs

`grandchild, offspring';

OE nefa `grandson, nephew'