Etymograph

English

neer

Neer comes from Old English *nēora ‘kidney’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*negʷʰrós‘kidney’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*neurô‘kidney’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150*nēora‘kidney’reconstructed
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500neere
  5. Englishtodayneer

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*negʷʰrós‘kidney’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*neurô‘kidney’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150*nēora‘kidney’reconstructed
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500neere
  5. Englishtodayneer

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós ‘kidney’

epinephrine, 4 more

through Old English *nēora ‘kidney’

near

Today it means

noun (anatomy) Kidney.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós / neer

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