Words that come from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos

400 words across 38 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos — including next, neighbor, nest, neighbourhood, neighbour, nesting, nestling, neighborly.

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Dutch (72)

German (67)

English (54)

Swedish (30)

Norwegian Nynorsk (24)

Norwegian Bokmål (17)

Middle English (13)

Luxembourgish (11)

Icelandic (9)

Esperanto (9)

Old Norse (9)

Old English (9)

Old High German (8)

Danish (8)

Finnish (7)

Proto-Germanic (7)

Old Dutch (6)

Middle High German (6)

Middle Dutch (5)

Westrobothnian (3)

Gothic (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Old Swedish (2)

Central Franconian (2)

Ido (2)

Scots (2)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Turkish (1)

West Flemish (1)

Japanese (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer