Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nāhw

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 Proto-Germanic *nēhw.

    Adverb

    *nāhw (comparative *nāhuriʀ(ō), superlative *nāhwist(ō))[1]

    1. near, close

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Old English: nēah, nēa, nēh, nīh
      • Middle English: neygh, nygh, nye, nyȝ, nighe
        • English: nigh
        • Scots: ne, ney
        • Yola: neeghe, nich
    • Old Frisian: nach, nā, nēi, nī
      • Saterland Frisian: nai
      • West Frisian: nei
    • Old Saxon: nāh
    • Old Dutch: nāh
      • Middle Dutch: na
        • Dutch: na
          • Afrikaans: na
        • Limburgish: nao
    • Old High German: nāh

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 179: “PWGmc *nāhw-”
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