From Middle Radestrian névs, from Old Radestrian nēvre, from Proto-Radic *nēvir, from Proto-Hirdic *nḗbhis, from the Proto-Laenkean root *nejbʱ-(dog).
-nș causes stem vowel raising and palatalisation; it can also lengthen light stem vowels. Otherwise, the morphophonological effects of this suffix on vowels can vary unpredictably and multiple forms of the same derivation may be attested.
From Proto-Radic *-ŋjs, from Proto-Laenkean *-j(V)ŋjæ-(diminutive).