niewe

• neuwe, newe, niwe, nuwe, niew

From Old Dutch niuwi.

niewe

1. new

• Dutch: nieuw, nie (Eastern Netherlands), nij (Eastern Netherlands), nieuwt (dialectal, originally neuter), nouw (Holland, dialectal), nuw (Holland), nuwt (Holland, dialectal, originally neuter)
  • Afrikaans: nuwe, nuut
  • Javindo: nuwe
  • Jersey Dutch: njuew
  • Negerhollands: nieuw, niw
• Limburgish: nuuj

• “niew”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “nieuwe (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page nieuwe

• nīwe, nēowe, nīowe

From Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos, a variant of *néwos (“new”). Cognate with Old Frisian nī, Old Saxon niuwi, Old High German niuwi, Old Norse nýr, and Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃 (niujis). Extra-Germanic cognates include Lithuanian naũjas, Old Irish nuae, and Sanskrit नव्य (návya).

• IPA^(key): /ˈni͜yː.we/

nīewe

1. new

   Līciaþ þē mīne nīewan sċōs?

   Do you like my new shoes?

   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     Ūðwitan willaþ simle hwæthwugu nīewes and seldcūðes īewan.

     Philosophers always want to show something new and strange.

• The combining form is nī- when used adverbially, that is with verbs and verbal derivatives: nībacen (“fresh-baked”), nīcenned (“newborn”).

• eald

• ælnīewe (“brand new”)
• ednīewe (“renew”)
• nīewan (“recently”)
• nīewlīċe (“recently”)
• nīewnes (“novelty”)

• Middle English: newe, new, neue
  • English: new
  • Scots: new