Where does “nēst” come from?

nēst (Old English) comes from Old English nīehst, from Proto-West Germanic **nāhwist(ō), from Proto-Germanic nēhwist, from Proto-Germanic nēhw, from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- — to reach, to attain.

nēst (Old English): nest

Definitions

  1. nest

Ancestry of “nēst”, step by step

nēst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English nīehst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnīehstnearest, next
2Proto-West Germanic**nāhwist(ō)nearest, closest
3Proto-Germanicnēhwistnearest, closest
4Proto-Germanicnēhwnear, close
5Proto-Germanicnēhwaznear, close
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂nḗḱwos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂neḱ-to reach, to attain

via Proto-West Germanic nest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicnestnest
2Proto-Germanicnestąnest; provisions; food and supplies
3Proto-Indo-Europeannisdósnest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nidown
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “nēst”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz →