Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nefō

This Proto-West Germanic 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nefô.

Noun

*nefō m

1. grandson

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nefō
Genitive	*nifini, *nefan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nefō	*nefan
Accusative	*nefan	*nefan
Genitive	*nifini, *nefan	*nefanō
Dative	*nifini, *nefan	*nefum
Instrumental	*nifini, *nefan	*nefum

Descendants

• Old English: nefa
  • Middle English: neve, neave, neva, nefa, newe, neafe, nefe
    • English: neve
• Old Frisian: neva
• Old Saxon: nevo
  • Middle Low German: nēve
    • German Low German: Neev
• Old Dutch: nevo
  • Middle Dutch: nēve
    • Dutch: neef
      • Afrikaans: neef
      • → Papiamentu: neefie (dated)
      • → Sranan Tongo: nefo, neifo
        • → Dutch: niffo
      • → West Frisian: neef
    • Limburgish: naef
• Old High German: nevo, nefo
  • Middle High German: nëfe, nëve, nëf, nebe
    • Cimbrian: néf
    • German: Neffe, Nefe (obsolete)
      • →? German Low German: Neffe