Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/niþarōn

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

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *niþerōną, equivalent to *niþar (“lower”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*niþarōn

1. to make lower
2. to humiliate

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*niþarōn
1st sg. past	*niþarōdā
Infinitive	*niþarōn
Genitive infin.	*niþarōnijas
Dative infin.	*niþarōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*niþarōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*niþarō	*niþarōdā
2nd singular	*niþarōs	*niþarōdēs, *niþarōdōs
3rd singular	*niþarōþ	*niþarōdē, *niþarōdā
1st plural	*niþarōm	*niþarōdum
2nd plural	*niþarōþ	*niþarōdud
3rd plural	*niþarōnþ	*niþarōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*niþarō	*niþarōdī
2nd singular	*niþarōs	*niþarōdī
3rd singular	*niþarō	*niþarōdī
1st plural	*niþarōm	*niþarōdīm
2nd plural	*niþarōþ	*niþarōdīd
3rd plural	*niþarōn	*niþarōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*niþarō
Plural	*niþarōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*niþarōndī	*niþarōd

Derived terms

• *franiþarōn
  • Old Frisian: fornitheria, fornedria
    • West Frisian: fernederje, fernearje
  • Old Saxon: *farnitherōn
    • Middle Low German: vörnēderen, vörnedderen
  • Old Dutch: *farniþeron
    • Middle Dutch: vernēderen
      • Dutch: vernederen
• *ganiþarōn
  • Old English: geneþerian
  • Old Dutch: ginitheron
    • Middle Dutch: genēderen
      • Dutch: genederen, generen (obsolete)

Related terms

• *niþarijan

Descendants

• Old English: niþerian, neþerian, nyþerian
  • Middle English: netheren
    • English: nether, nither (dialectal)
• Old Saxon: nitherōn
  • Middle Low German: nēderen, nedderen
• Old Dutch: *nitheron
  • Middle Dutch: nēderen
    • Dutch: nederen (obsolete)