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

    Inherited from Latin nīdus, from Proto-Italic *nizdos, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

    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)