*nefô

Runic: ᚾᛖᚠᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈne.ɸɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

Reanalyzed as an an-stem from earlier *nefōd, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts (‘descendant, nephew’).

*nefō (Proto-West Germanic)
- neva (Old Frisian)
*nefō (Proto-West Germanic)
- nevo (Old Dutch)
  - nēve (Middle Dutch)
    - naef (Limburgish)
*nefō (Proto-West Germanic)
- nevo (Old Dutch)
  - nēve (Middle Dutch)
    - neef (Dutch)
      - neef (Afrikaans)
      - neefie (Papiamentu)
      - neef (West Frisian)
*nefō (Proto-West Germanic)
- nevo (Old Dutch)
  - nēve (Middle Dutch)
    - neef (Dutch)
      - nefo, neifo (Sranan Tongo)
        
        niffo (Dutch)
*nefō (Proto-West Germanic)
- nefa (Old English)
  - neve, neave, neva, nefa, newe, neafe, nefe (Middle English)
    - neve (English)
*nefō (Proto-West Germanic)
- nevo, nefo (Old High German)
  - nëfe, nëve, nëf, nebe (Middle High German)
    - néf (Cimbrian)
*nefō (Proto-West Germanic)
- nevo, nefo (Old High German)
  - nëfe, nëve, nëf, nebe (Middle High German)
    - Neffe, Nefe (German)
      - Neffe (German Low German)
*nefō (Proto-West Germanic)
- nefi (Old Norse)
  - nefi (Icelandic)
*nefō (Proto-West Germanic)
- nevo (Old Saxon)
  - nēve (Middle Low German)
    - Neev (German Low German)