Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. · A structure built, or site modified, to incubate eggs, rear young, or shelter a colony. · A temporary structure or modified site created by an animal for sleeping, resting, or protection from the elements. · A depression, mound, or localized structure prepared by an aquatic animal for spawning and guarding eggs.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-? Proto-Indo-European *ní Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *nisdós Proto-Germanic *nestą Proto-West Germanic *nest Old English nest Middle English nest English nest From Middle English nest, nist, nyst, from Old English nest, from Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”), literally "where [the bird] sits down", a compound of *ni (“down”) (whence also English nether) + the zero-grade of the root *sed- (“to sit”) (whence also English sit).
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"A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.",
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