Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēhwiz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Adverb

*nēhwiz

1. comparative degree of *nēhw (“near”): closer, nearer

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *nāhuriʀ(ō), *nāhur, *nāhurōʀ(ō), *nāhwōʀ(ō)
  • Old English: nēar, nēarra
    • Middle English: ner, nere
      • Scots: nere, neir
      • English: near
  • Old Frisian: niār
    • Saterland Frisian: naier
    • West Frisian: neier
  • Old Saxon: nāhōr
    • Middle Low German: nâr; nârre
      • (German Low German: nahder)
  • Old Dutch: *nāor
    • Middle Dutch: naer; naerre
      • Dutch: naar
        • Afrikaans: naar
  • Old High German: nāhōr
    • Middle High German: nāher, nāhere, næher, nār
      • German: näher
• Old Norse: nær
  • Icelandic: nær
  • Faroese: nær
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nær, nærre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nær
  • Elfdalian: nęr
  • Old Swedish: nær
    • Swedish: när, nära
  • Danish: nær
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌹𐍃 (nēƕis)