νέννος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Onomatopoeic word; compare Latin nonnus (monk; old person), Proto-Celtic *nana (grandmother), Sanskrit नना (nanā, mother, mama), Russian ня́ня (njánja, nurse). Within Greek, we found νόννος (nónnos, father), νάννας (nánnas, uncle) and νίννη (nínnē, grandmother).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νέννος (nénnosm (genitive νέννου); second declension

  1. maternal or paternal brother, uncle
  2. maternal grandfather

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