Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēhwiz

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

Adverb

*nēhwiz^[1]

comparative degree of *nēhw (“near”): closer, nearer

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *nāhuriʀ(ō), *nāhur, *nāhurōʀ(ō), *nāhwōʀ(ō)
- Old English: nēar, nēarra
  - Middle English: ner, nere
    - Scots: nere, neir
    - English: near
- Old Frisian: niār
  - Saterland Frisian: naier
  - West Frisian: neier
- Old Saxon: nāhōr
  - Middle Low German: nâr; nârre
    - (German Low German: nahder)
- Old Dutch: *nāor
  - Middle Dutch: naer; naerre
    - Dutch: naar
      - Afrikaans: naar
- Old High German: nāhōr
  - Middle High German: nāher, nāhere, næher, nār
    - German: näher
Old Norse: nær, nærr (adverb)
- Icelandic: nær
- Faroese: nær
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nær, nærre
- Norwegian Bokmål: nær
- Elfdalian: nęr
- Old Swedish: nær
  - Swedish: när, nära
- Danish: nær
Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌹𐍃 (nēƕis)

References

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

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

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