English
nye
Nye may come from French nid ‘nest, brood’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘sit’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-1‘sit’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nisdós2‘nest’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nizdos2‘nest’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnidus3‘nest’uncertain
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400nid4uncertain
- Frenchc. 1600–presentnid3‘nest, brood’uncertain
- Englishtodaynye3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *nisdós
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin nidus
- 3 Wiktionary, English nye
- 4 Wiktionary, French nid
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *nisdós‘sit’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nisdósWiktionary, Latin nidus‘nest’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nizdosWiktionary, Latin nidus‘nest’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnidusWiktionary, English nye‘nest’uncertain
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400nidWiktionary, French niduncertain
- Frenchc. 1600–presentnidWiktionary, English nye‘nest, brood’uncertain
- EnglishtodaynyeWiktionary, English nye
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, 91 more
through Proto-Indo-European *nisdós ‘nest’
through Latin nidus ‘nest’
Today it means
noun —
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “nye”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *nisdós, Latin nidus, French nid. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sed- / nye