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

155 words across 27 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós — including near, nearly, nearest, nearness, nephropathy, nephritis, nephrectomy, nephron.

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English (109)

German (8)

Irish (4)

Dutch (3)

Latin (3)

Faroese (3)

Old Frisian (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Middle English (2)

Swedish (1)

Old High German (1)

Ancient Greek (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Icelandic (1)

French (1)

Greek (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Translingual (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Yiddish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Old English (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle High German (1)