neve

Meaning

Noun

Nephew.
A male cousin.
A grandson.
A spendthrift.

Origin

From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa, from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Today mostly displaced by nephew (from Old French neveu). Compare nift.

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