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Where does “nēah” come from?

nēah (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw.

nēah (Old English): nigh, near; near

Definitions

  1. nigh, near; near

Ancestry of “nēah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*nāhw—

Words derived from “nēah”

  • nigh
  • nighly
  • nighness
  • nighsome
  • nighwhat
  • neygh
  • nygh
  • nyȝ
  • nye
  • neahbuend
  • nealæcan
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