Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂neḱ-”

376 words across 51 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- — including enough, near, nearly, nearest, neighbourhood, neighbour, nigh, nearness.

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Dutch (56)

English (51)

German (43)

Armenian (15)

Swedish (14)

Norwegian Nynorsk (12)

Icelandic (11)

Norwegian Bokmål (11)

Old English (11)

Luxembourgish (10)

Middle English (10)

Old Armenian (9)

Proto-Germanic (9)

Finnish (9)

Old High German (8)

Old Norse (8)

Old Dutch (6)

Danish (6)

Latin (6)

Middle Dutch (5)

Old Saxon (5)

Saterland Frisian (5)

Esperanto (4)

Old Frisian (4)

Faroese (3)

Translingual (3)

Irish (3)

Proto-Indo-European (3)

Scots (3)

Middle High German (3)

Ancient Greek (2)

Sranan Tongo (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Central Franconian (2)

Gothic (2)

Yiddish (2)

New Latin (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Greek (1)

West Frisian (1)

Classical Syriac (1)

German Low German (1)

Sanskrit (1)

West Flemish (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (1)