Proto-Germanic

*nēhwaz

‘nigh, near, close’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *nēhwaz.

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *nēhwaz, most familiar first.

• next ← nexte ← nīehsta ← nīehst ← nēah
• near ← nere ← nēah ← *nāhw ← *nēhw
• neighbour ← neighebour ← nēahġebūr ← *nāhwagabūrō ← *nēhwagabūrô
• nigh ← neygh ← nēah ← *nāhw ← *nēhw
• neist ← nest ← nēst ← nēah ← *nāhw
• fornigh ← forneh ← fornēah ← nēah ← *nāhw

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *nēhwaz