From Middle Low German nîe, nü̂we, from Old Saxon niuwi. Related to West Frisian nij, Dutch nieuw, German neu, English new, Swedish ny.
nij (Gronings)
From Old Frisian nī, nīe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi.
nij
Inflection of nij | ||||
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uninflected | nij | |||
inflected | nije | |||
comparative | nijer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | nij | nijer | it nijst it nijste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | nije | nijere | nijste |
n. sing. | nij | nijer | nijste | |
plural | nije | nijere | nijste | |
definite | nije | nijere | nijste | |
partitive | nijs | nijers | — |
From Proto-Tai *ʰniːꟲ (“debt”). Cognate with Thai หนี้ (nîi), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩦ᩶, Lao ໜີ້ (nī), Lü ᦐᦲᧉ (ṅii²), Shan ၼီႈ (nīi), Tai Nüa ᥘᥤᥲ (lì), Phake ꩫီ (nī), Ahom 𑜃𑜣 (nī), Nong Zhuang nij, Zuojiang Zhuang nij.