nepuotis

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Old Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)népōt (grandson; descendant). Originally a t-stem, it became an i-stem in Lithuanian via the accusative -im < *-m̥.

Noun

nepuotis m or f

  1. grandson
  2. granddaughter

Descendants

  • Kildin Sami: няпай (njapaj)[1]

References

  • nepuotis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  1. ^ Kildin Sami vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.