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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēhwāną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *nēhwaz (near, close) + *-āną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛː.xʷɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*nēhwāną[1]

  1. to come closer, to approach

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *nāhwēn
    • Old English: *nēahian, *nēahwian
      • Old English: ġenēahian, ġenēahwian
      • Middle English: neighen
    • Old Saxon: *nāhōn
    • Old Dutch: *nāhon
    • Old High German: nāhēn
  • Old Norse:
    • Icelandic:
    • Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Bokmål:
      • Norwegian Nynorsk:
    • Swedish:
    • Danish:

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*nēxwēnan ~ *nēxwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 286
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