Primitive Irish ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ

← Old English nefa (cognate)

← Proto-Celtic *neɸūss (inherited)

← Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *népōts (inherited)

← Old Persian 𐎴𐎱𐎠 (cognate)

← Sanskrit नपात् (cognate)

→ Irish nia (inherited)

→ Old Irish nia (inherited)