nest

Hevok
Mane (Îngilîzî)

Têgeh

هێلانه

Pircarînî

B2
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/nɛst/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English nest, nist, nyst, from Old English nest, from Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”), literally "where [the bird] sits down", a compound of *ni (“down”) (whence also English nether) + the zero-grade of the root *sed- (“to sit”) (whence also English sit).

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