Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/niþanē

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

From *niþ(rą) +‎ *-anē.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈni.θɑ.neː/

Adverb

*niþanē

from below, from beneath
below, beneath

Related terms

*niþer
*niþrą
*niþrai

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *niþanā
- Old English: neoþan
  - Middle English: nēthen
    - English: neath
    - Scots: neath, neth
- Old Saxon: nithana
  - Middle Low German: *neden
    - Plautdietsch: naden
- Old High German: nidana
  - Middle High German: niden, nidene
    - German: nieden (obsolete)
Old Norse: neðan
- Icelandic: neðan
- Faroese: niðan
- Norwegian: nedan
- Old Swedish: niþan, næþan
  - Swedish: nedan
- Old Danish: næthæn
  - Danish: neden

References

“neðan” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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