Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēhw

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 This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from the adjective *nēhwaz (“near”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

*nēhw (comparative *nēhwiz, superlative *nēhwist)

  1. near, close

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*nēhwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387
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