nyfte
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old English nift, from Proto-West Germanic *nifti, from Proto-Germanic *niftiz. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nyfte (plural nyftes)
- A niece (female offspring of one's sibling)
- (rare) A granddaughter (female offspring of one's offspring)
Descendants
[edit]- English: nift (obsolete)
References
[edit]- “nifte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-30.
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- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
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- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
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- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
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- enm:Female family members