English word origin

Etymology of nevvy

Possibly from neve and/or nephew + -y, but compare (now mostly obsolete) widespread dialectal forms such as /ˈɑːɡi/, /ˈɑɹɡi/ argy (“argue”) and /ˈvali/, /ˈvæli/ vally (“value”) with /i/ for unstressed standard English /j

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noun

A nephew. · A grandson.

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Word-formation componentnephewen
Word-formation component-yen

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