köken: Borrowed from Middle Low German nichte, from Old Saxon *nifta, from Proto-Germanic *niftiz. This form replaced High German (obsolete) Niftel in the 17th century. It is based on the Low German shift -ft-→ -cht- (compare Gerücht); hence cognate with Old High German nift, nifta, Dutch nicht, English nift. Related to German Neffe (“nephew”). More at nift, neve.
köken: From Latin nepōtem, from Proto-Italic *nepōts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Compare French neveu, Romanian nepot, Catalan and Occitan nebot, Sicilian niputi and Persian نوه.
I nonni sono gli angeli custodi dei nipoti.
Aveva regalato alla sua nipote un abito nuovo per l'evento.
köken: Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 족하 (族下, jokha, “kinsman of a younger generation”) (Cho 2000: 95). First attested in the Gyechuk ilgi (癸丑日記 / 계축일기), c. 1600 , as Early Modern Korean 족하 (Yale: cwokha). Displaced native Middle Korean 아ᄎᆞᆫ아ᄃᆞᆯ (Yale: achon-atol, “nephew”), 아ᄎᆞᆫᄯᆞᆯ (achonstol, “niece”). According to Han-Woo Choi, comparable to Old Turkic 𐰲𐰃𐰴𐰣 (cïqan, “nephew, son of one's aunt”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Balto-Slavic *brā́ˀtē Proto-Slavic *bràtrъ Old Polish brat Polish brat Polish -anica Polish bratanica From brat + -anica.
köken: Inherited from Latin nepōs, nepōtem, possibly through Vulgar Latin *nepōta (“niece”, root). Compare Aromanian nipoatã, Venetan neoda, Catalan neboda and Occitan neboda.