Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nāhuriʀ(ō)

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *nēhuriʀô, from *nēhw +‎ *-r +‎ *-izô.

Adverb

*nāhuriʀ(ō)

1. comparative degree of *nāhw (“near”): closer, nearer

Alternative reconstructions

• *nāhur, *nāhurōʀ(ō), *nāhwōʀ(ō)

Descendants

• Old English: nēar, nēarra
  • Middle English: ner, nere
    • Scots: nere, neir
    • English: near
• Old Frisian: niār
  • Saterland Frisian: naier
  • West Frisian: neier
• Old Saxon: nāhōr
  • Middle Low German: nâr; nârre
    • (German Low German: nahder)
• Old Dutch: *nāor
  • Middle Dutch: naer; naerre
    • Dutch: naar
• Old High German: nāhōr
  • Middle High German: nāher, nāhere, næher, nār
    • German: näher