Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/niþeriʀō

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 *niþer (“down, downwards”) +‎ *-iʀō.

Adjective

*niþeriʀō

1. comparative degree of *niþer (“down, downwards”): lower

Inflection

n-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*niþiriʀō
Genitive	*niþiriʀini, *niþiriʀan
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*niþiriʀō	*niþiriʀā	*niþiriʀā
Accusative	*niþiriʀan	*niþiriʀōn	*niþiriʀā
Genitive	*niþiriʀini, *niþiriʀan	*niþiriʀōn	*niþiriʀini, *niþiriʀan
Dative	*niþiriʀini, *niþiriʀan	*niþiriʀōn	*niþiriʀini, *niþiriʀan
Instrumental	*niþiriʀini, *niþiriʀan	*niþiriʀōn	*niþiriʀini, *niþiriʀan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*niþiriʀan	*niþiriʀōn	*niþiriʀōn
Accusative	*niþiriʀan	*niþiriʀōn	*niþiriʀōn
Genitive	*niþiriʀanō	*niþiriʀōnō	*niþiriʀanō
Dative	*niþiriʀum	*niþiriʀōm, *niþiriʀum	*niþiriʀum
Instrumental	*niþiriʀum	*niþiriʀōm, *niþiriʀum	*niþiriʀum

Alternative reconstructions

• niþrō

Descendants

• Old English: niþera, niþerra, neoþera
  • Middle English: nethere, nethur, neyther, neothur, nedere, nedur, nedre, nyther
    • English: nether
    • Scots: nether, nather
    • Yola: nether
• Old Frisian: nithera, nithere, nethera, nethere, nedera, nedere, neer
• Old Saxon: nitharro
  • Middle Low German: nēdere, nēder, nider, nedder
• Old Dutch: *niderro
  • Middle Dutch: nedere
• Old High German: *niderro
  • Middle High German: nidere, nider (merged with descendants of nidari)
    • German: niedere