Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nāhwist(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

From Proto-Germanic *nēhwist ( +‎ *-ō).

Adverb

*nāhwist(ō)

1. superlative degree of *nāhw (“near”): nearest, closest

Derived terms

• *nāhwiþī

Descendants

• Old English: nīehsta, nīehste
  • Middle English: nexte, nexste, nixte
    • English: next
• Old Frisian: nest
  • Saterland Frisian: naist
• Old Saxon: nāhisto
• Old Dutch: *nāist, *nāst
  • Middle Dutch: naest
    • Dutch: naast
      • Afrikaans: naaste
• Old High German: nāhisto
  • German: nächster
  • Yiddish: נעקסט (nekst)