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
      • Afrikaans: na
    • Limburgish: nao
• Old High German: nāh
  • Middle High German: nāh
    • German: nah, nach
    • Luxembourgish: no