neve

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun the upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice

Etymology

From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Today mostly displaced by its cognate nephew (from Old French neveu). Compare nift (“niece”).

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