Where does “ניר” come from?

ניר (Yiddish) comes from Old High German nioro, from Proto-Germanic neurô, from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós — kidney.

ניר (Yiddish): kidney

Definitions

  1. kidney

Ancestry of “ניר”, step by step

ניר traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German nioro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanniorokidney; testicles
2Proto-Germanicneurôkidney; testicle
3Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷʰróskidney

via Proto-Semitic nūr-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticnūr-light
Every word from Proto-Indo-European negʷʰrós →Every word from Proto-Germanic neurô →Every word from Old High German nioro →