neve
neve · neves
NephewNephew.
/niːv/
Meaning
4 senses(obsolete, rare)Nephew.
(obsolete, rare)A male cousin.
(obsolete, rare)A grandson.
(rare)A spendthrift.
More definitions
- the upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice
Origin
From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-WeFrom Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Today mostly displaced by its cognate nephew (from Old French neveu). Compare nift (“niece”). Doublet of nephew.
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