neygh

• nygh, nye, nyȝ, nighe

Inherited from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

• IPA^(key): /neːx/, /niːx/

neygh (comparative neigher, superlative neighest)

1. Physically near or adjacent.
2. Figuratively near; e.g. in time, relation, or in a list.

• neyghebour

• English: nigh
• Scots: ne, ney
• Yola: neeghe, nich

• “neigh, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.