Words that come from Proto-Germanic “neurô”

52 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Germanic neurô — including near, nearly, nearest, nearness, nearshore, neer, nearside, nearline.

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English (18)

German (8)

Dutch (3)

Faroese (3)

Old Frisian (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Middle English (2)

Swedish (1)

Old High German (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Icelandic (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Yiddish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Old English (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle High German (1)