Reconstruction:Old Galician-Portuguese/nio

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

*nio m (plural *nios)

  1. nest

Descendants[edit]

  • Galician: niño
  • Portuguese: ninho (see there for further descendants)