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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nāhwiþu

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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

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Etymology

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From *nāhw +‎ *-iþu.

Noun

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*nāhwiþu f

  1. nearness

Inflection

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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

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Further reading

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