Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/niþeriʀō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *niþer (“down, downwards”) +‎ *-iʀō.

Adjective

*niþeriʀō

  1. comparative degree of *niþer (“down, downwards”): lower

Inflection

n-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *niþiriʀō
Genitive *niþiriʀini, *niþiriʀan
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *niþiriʀō *niþiriʀā *niþiriʀā
Accusative *niþiriʀan *niþiriʀōn *niþiriʀā
Genitive *niþiriʀini, *niþiriʀan *niþiriʀōn *niþiriʀini, *niþiriʀan
Dative *niþiriʀini, *niþiriʀan *niþiriʀōn *niþiriʀini, *niþiriʀan
Instrumental *niþiriʀini, *niþiriʀan *niþiriʀōn *niþiriʀini, *niþiriʀan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *niþiriʀan *niþiriʀōn *niþiriʀōn
Accusative *niþiriʀan *niþiriʀōn *niþiriʀōn
Genitive *niþiriʀanō *niþiriʀōnō *niþiriʀanō
Dative *niþiriʀum *niþiriʀōm, *niþiriʀum *niþiriʀum
Instrumental *niþiriʀum *niþiriʀōm, *niþiriʀum *niþiriʀum

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Old English: niþera, niþerra, neoþera
    • Middle English: nethere, nethur, neyther, neothur, nedere, nedur, nedre, nyther
      • English: nether
      • Scots: nether, nather
      • Yola: nether
  • Old Frisian: nithera, nithere, nethera, nethere, nedera, nedere, neer
  • Old Saxon: nitharro
  • Old Dutch: *niderro
    • Middle Dutch: nedere
  • Old High German: *niderro
    • Middle High German: nidere, nider (merged with descendants of nidari)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*niþrōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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