Words that come from Proto-Germanic “nē”

22 words across 11 languages descend from Proto-Germanic nē — including nay, naysayer, naysay, nayward, nej, nja, förneka, neka.

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Swedish (5)

English (4)

Norwegian Bokmål (4)

Middle English (2)

Faroese (1)

nei

Icelandic (1)

nei

Danish (1)

nej

Old Norse (1)

nei

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

nei

Old Swedish (1)

næi

Old English (1)

nō

Words from Proto-Germanic nē — 22 descendants | Etymology Explorer