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YOUNGER RELATIVES - TABLE
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LANGUAGES
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CONCEPTS
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ROOT
N . P T
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ROOT
N KH D/T
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GRANDSON-
DAUGHTER
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MALE
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FEMALE
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MALE
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FEMALE
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Hebrew
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nekhed
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nekhda
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Greek;
idem modern
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(engonos)
(engonos)
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(engonè)
(engoni)
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-
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-
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Latin;
Italian
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nepos(-tis;) nipote
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neptis;
nipote
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-
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-
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Old High German
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nevo,nefo
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nift
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-
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-
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Old English;
Middle Dutch
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nefa;
neve
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nift;
nift, nifte
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-
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-;
nichte,nicht
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French, German,English,Dutch
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-
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-
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-
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-
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NEPHEW,
NIECE
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Hebrew
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(ben-agh)
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(bat-agh)
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Greek;
Modern Greek
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(exadelphos);
anepsios
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(exadelphè);
anepsia
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Latin;
Italian
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nepos(-tis);
nipote
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neptis;
nipote
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Old High German;
Middle Dutch
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nevo;
neve, neef
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nift;
nift, nifte
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-
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-;
nicht(e)
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Old English;
Middle English
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nefa;
neveu
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nift
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-;
nece
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English;
German;
Dutch
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nephew;
Neffe;
neef
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niece;
Nichte;
nicht
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COUSIN
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Greek;
Modern Greek
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anepsia
(exadelphi)
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anepsia
(exadelphi)
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Middle Dutch;
Dutch
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neve, neef;
neef
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-
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-
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nicht(e);
nicht
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GREEK NEPHEWS AND COUSINS
The New Greek words "anepsios (also anipsios)" and "(anepsia anipsia)" are translated as "nephew" and "niece" in Stavropoulos, Oxford Greek-English Learner’s Dictionary.
This is confirmed by
"Μπαμπινιωτης in his
Λεξικο
της
Νεας
Ελληνικης
Γλωσσας , Babiniotis, Lexicon of the New Greek Language".
A shift in meanings has taken place,
and the meaning is indeed different from Classic Greek, where it was " cousin ".
Εξαδελφος, exadelphos, " in classic language meant both " nephew" and "cousin", but in New
Greek it concentrated on "cousin".
The word "εγγονος, engonos," has not changed its meaning since classic times .
The etymology is simple : "εν en-+ γονος, gonos = child/born within ( i.e. the line of descent )".
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: Thursday 10 January 2013 at 19.46.40 |
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