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

171 words across 25 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European niter — including beneath, Netherlands, nether, neath, Netherlandish, netherworld, nethermost, Netherlander.

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English (32)

Dutch (27)

Norwegian Bokmål (18)

German (15)

Swedish (13)

Icelandic (8)

Norwegian Nynorsk (7)

Middle English (7)

Old English (7)

Danish (5)

Luxembourgish (5)

Latvian (4)

Old Norse (4)

Faroese (3)

Old High German (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Ido (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Korean (1)

Japanese (1)

Esperanto (1)

Assamese (1)

Middle High German (1)