Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nāhwiþu

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 *nāhw +‎ *-iþu.

Noun

*nāhwiþu f

1. nearness

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nāhwiþu
Genitive	*nāhwiþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nāhwiþu	*nāhwiþō
Accusative	*nāhwiþā	*nāhwiþā
Genitive	*nāhwiþā	*nāhwiþō
Dative	*nāhwiþē	*nāhwiþōm, *nāhwiþum
Instrumental	*nāhwiþu	*nāhwiþōm, *nāhwiþum

Descendants

• Old English: *nīehþu, *nǣhþu, *nēhþu, *nēahþu, *nȳhþu
  • Middle English: nyȝte, *neighte
• Old Frisian: *nēithe, *nīthe
  • Saterland Frisian: Naite
  • West Frisian: neite
• Old Saxon: *nāhitha
  • Middle Low German: nêgede, nêchte, negete, negente
    • → Swedish: nejd
• Old High German: nāhida
  • Middle High German: næhede

Further reading

• Hellquist, Elof (1922) “nejd”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 515