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]

near, close

Derived terms

*nāhwiþu

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
- Middle Low German: nâch, nâ
  - German Low German: na, nao, nå
Old Dutch: nāh
- Middle Dutch: na
  - Dutch: na
  - Limburgish: nao
Old High German: nāh
- Middle High German: nāh
  - German: nah, nach
  - Luxembourgish: no

References

^ 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-”

[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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