Where does “niere” come from?

niere (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *nioro, from Proto-Germanic neurô, from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós — kidney.

Ancestry of “niere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*niorokidney
2Proto-Germanicneurôkidney; testicle
3Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷʰróskidney

Words derived from “niere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós →Every word from Proto-Germanic neurô →Every word from Old Dutch *nioro →
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