English
nye
Nye may come from French nid ‘nest, brood’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentnid‘nest, brood’uncertain
- Englishtodaynye
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentnid‘nest, brood’uncertain
- Englishtodaynye
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘sit’
set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, method, session, chair, resident, settle, assess, possess, siege, saddle, exodus, reside, subsidy, sedan, residue, residual, sediment, insidious, sedentary, dissident, beset, prasad, cathode, soot, sedative, setter, obsess, anode, sedate, chaise, presidio, sate, sessile, presidium, 92 more
through Proto-Indo-European *nisdós ‘nest’
through Latin nidus ‘nest’
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French nid / nye