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Where does “nahbur” come from?

nahbur (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic nāhwagabūrō, from Proto-Germanic nēhwagabūrô, from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- — to reach, to attain.

nahbur (Old Saxon): neighbour

Definitions

  1. neighbour

Ancestry of “nahbur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicnāhwagabūrō—
2Proto-Germanicnēhwagabūrôneighbour
3Proto-Germanicnēhwaznear, close
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂nḗḱwos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂neḱ-to reach, to attain
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