Where does “niewe” come from?

niewe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European néwyos, from Proto-Indo-European néwos, from Proto-Indo-European new- — new; to nod, assent to.

niewe (Middle Dutch): new

Definitions

  1. new

Ancestry of “niewe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchniuwinew
2Proto-West Germanicniwinew
3Proto-Germanic*niwjaz—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeannéwyosAlternative form of *néwos; new
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéwosnew
6Proto-Indo-Europeannew-new; to nod, assent to

Words derived from “niewe”

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