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
    - Afrikaans: naar
Old High German: nāhōr
- Middle High German: nāher, nāhere, næher, nār
  - German: näher

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 179: “PWGmc *nāhw-”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 179: “PWGmc *nāhw-”

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