neowiht
Old Saxon
Old Saxon cardinal numbers
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Cardinal
:
nēowiht
Alternative forms
niowiht
,
nieht
Etymology
From
Proto-West Germanic
*naiwwiht
, equivalent to
ne
(
“
no
”
)
+
wiht
(
“
thing
”
)
.
Adverb
neowiht
nothing
Numeral
neowiht
zero
Descendants
Middle Low German:
nichit
,
nǖwet
,
nicht
,
niet
,
nêt
German Low German:
nich
,
neet