Where does “niþor” come from?

niþor (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic niþer, from Proto-Indo-European niter.

niþor (Old English): below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an...

Definitions

  1. below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an...

Ancestry of “niþor”, step by step

niþor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic niþer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicniþerdown, downwards
2Proto-Indo-Europeanniter—

via Proto-Germanic niþra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicniþradown
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European niter →Every word from Proto-Germanic niþer →