Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēhwist

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛːxʷist/

Adverb

*nēhwist

  1. superlative degree of *nēhw (“near”): nearest, closest

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *nāhwist(ō)
    • Old English: nīehsta, nīehste
      • Middle English: nexte, nexste, nixte
    • Old Frisian: nest
    • Old Saxon: nāhisto
    • Old Dutch: *nāist, *nāst
    • Old High German: nāhisto
  • Old Norse: næst
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