Where does “nīehst” come from?

nīehst (Old English) comes 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.

nīehst (Old English): nearest, next

Definitions

  1. nearest, next

Ancestry of “nīehst”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nīehst”

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