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
• Portuguese: ninho (see there for further descendants)