Where does “nærighed” come from?

nærighed (Danish) comes from Danish nærig, from Danish nære, from Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-West Germanic naʀjan, from Proto-Germanic nazjaną, from Proto-Indo-European nes- — to return home.

nærighed (Danish): stinginess

Definitions

  1. stinginess

Ancestry of “nærighed”, step by step

nærighed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish nærig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishnærigmean, cheap, stingy, tight-fisted, tight
2Danishnæreto feed
3Middle Low Germanneren—
4Old Saxonnerianto save
5Proto-West Germanicnaʀjanto save, to rescue
6Proto-Germanicnazjanąto save; rescue; heal
7Proto-Indo-Europeannes-to return home

via Danish hed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhedimperative of hedde; past tense of hedde
2Old Danishhet—
3Old Norseheitrhot
4Proto-Germanichaitazhot
5Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nes- →