nihein
Old High German
Etymology
Possibly ultimately from
Proto-Germanic
*
nehw
ainaz
(
“
nor one
”
)
Adverb
nihein
no
Descendants
Middle High German:
nechein
⇒
Old High German:
chein
,
kein
(
partially
)
German:
kein
Yiddish:
קיין
(
keyn
)
References
Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014