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Nest

Nest comes from Old High German nest, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘sit’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘sit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*nisdósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*nestąreconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*nestreconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050nest
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  7. Germanc. 1650–presentNest
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘sit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*nisdósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*nestąreconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*nestreconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050nest
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  7. Germanc. 1650–presentNest
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘sit’

set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, method, chair, session, settle, resident, siege, saddle, assess, possess, exodus, subsidy, sedan, sediment, reside, residual, residue, insidious, sedentary, dissident, prasad, cathode, soot, sedative, setter, anode, sedate, beset, chaise, obsess, sate, presidio, seance, ersatz, 93 more

through Proto-Indo-European *nisdós

niche, nye, nidal, nias, 7 more

Today it means

name A surname from German or Welsh.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sed- / Nest

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