Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/niþanā

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 *niþanē. Equivalent to *niþ(a)r (“down, downwards”) +‎ *-anā (ablative adverb suffix).

Adverb

*niþanā

ablative of *niþ(a)r (“down, downwards”): from below, from beneath
below, beneath

Descendants

Old English: neoþan
- Middle English: nēthen
  - English: neath
  - Scots: neath, neth
Old Saxon: nithana
- Middle Low German: *neden
  - Plautdietsch: naden
Old High German: nidana
- Middle High German: niden, nidene
  - German: nieden (obsolete)

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