Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nāhw
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nēhw.
Adverb
*nāhw (comparative *nāhuriʀ(ō), superlative *nāhwist(ō))[1]
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: nēah, nēa, nēh, nīh
- Old Frisian: nach, nā, nēi, nī
- Old Saxon: nāh
- Old Dutch: nāh
- Old High German: nāh
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 179: “PWGmc *nāhw-”