Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēhw

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from the adjective *nēhwaz (“near”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɛːxʷ/

Adverb

*nēhw (comparative *nēhwiz, superlative *nēhwist)

near, close

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *nāhw
- Old English: nēah, nēa, nēh, nīh
  - Middle English: neygh, nygh, nye, nyȝ, nighe
    - English: nigh
    - Scots: ne, ney
    - Yola: neeghe, nich
- Old Frisian: nach, nā, nēi, nī
  - Saterland Frisian: nai
  - West Frisian: nei
- Old Saxon: nāh
  - Middle Low German: nâch, nâ
    - German Low German: na, nao, nå
- Old Dutch: nāh
  - Middle Dutch: na
    - Dutch: na
    - Limburgish: nao
- Old High German: nāh
  - Middle High German: nāh
    - German: nah, nach
    - Luxembourgish: no
Old Norse: ná-
- Icelandic: ná-
Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈 (nēƕ)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN