ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ

Primitive Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *neɸūss, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Cognates include Sanskrit नपात् (nápāt), Old Persian 𐎴𐎱𐎠 (napā), Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós), and Old English nefa.

Noun

ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ (niotta) m (genitive)

1. nephew (specifically, sister's son)
   • GURAN/1/1 at the Celtic Inscribed Stones Project

     ᚇᚒᚋᚓᚂᚔ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚌᚂᚐᚄᚔᚉᚑᚅᚐᚄ ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ ᚉᚑᚁᚏᚐᚅᚑᚏ[···

     dumeli maqi glasiconas niotta cobranor[...

     (stone of) Dumelias son of Glasicu, nephew of Cobranor[ix]

Descendants

• Old Irish: nia
  • Irish: nia
  • Manx: neear