Where does “kidenere” come from?

kidenere (Middle English) comes from Middle English nere, from Middle Low German nēre, from Proto-West Germanic *neurō, from Proto-Germanic neurô, from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós — kidney.

kidenere (Middle English): kidney

Definitions

  1. kidney

Ancestry of “kidenere”, step by step

kidenere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English nere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishnerekidney; near; weren't
2Middle Low Germannēre—
3Proto-West Germanic*neurō—
4Proto-Germanicneurôkidney; testicle
5Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷʰróskidney

via Middle English *kidde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English*kidde—
2Old English*cyddebag, sack

Words derived from “kidenere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós →Every word from Proto-Germanic neurô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *neurō →