Nesite
/ˈnɛsʌɪt/(also Nésite)
noun
1A name given to the official language used in Hittite documents; = Kanesian.
- The meaning of našili and nešumnili in Hittite texts has been disputed, but the view of Hrozný is now generally accepted, i.e. that the words relate to the former Hittite capital Nešaš (or Nesa) and designate the Indo-European Hittite aristocracy and its language..
2A member of the Hittite people who used this language.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Edgar Sturtevant (1875–1952). From French Nésite (B. Hrozný 1929: see below) from Nesa, the name of an ancient Hittite city in Asia Minor + -ite, after Hittite našili language of Nesa, nešumnili language of those of Nesa.