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Where does “nim” come from?

Nim comes from Middle English nimen, from Old English niman, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European nem-, a root meaning to take or distribute.

nim (English): To take or seize; To filch, steal; To walk with...

Definitions

  1. To take or seize; To filch, steal; To walk with...

Ancestry of “nim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishnimento take
2Old Englishnimanto take, seize
3Proto-West Germanicnemanto take
4Proto-Germanicnemanąto take
5Proto-Indo-Europeannem-to distribute; to give, to take

Words derived from “nim”

  • number
  • numbering
  • numb
  • numberless
  • numbness
  • outnumber
  • wavenumber
  • numbly
  • benumb
  • numskull
  • renumber
  • numbskull
  • nimmer
  • numberest
  • numbnuts
  • autonumbering
  • numbereth
  • innumberable
  • numberous
  • numberer
  • hypernumber
  • numbfish
  • numberable
  • numbskulled
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