*niþer

Runic: ᚾᛁᚦᛖᚱ Pronunciation: /ˈni.θer/

adverb

Meanings

down, downwards

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *niter (‘down’). Compare Sanskrit नितराम् (nitarā́m) (nitarā́m, ‘down, downwards’).

Descendants

  • *niþer (Proto-West Germanic)
    • nither (Old Dutch)
      • nēder (Middle Dutch)
        • neder, neer (Dutch)
          • neer (Afrikaans)
  • *niþer (Proto-West Germanic)
    • niþer (Old English)
      • nithere, nethere, nether (Middle English)
        • nether (English)
        • nether, nedder (Scots)
  • *niþer (Proto-West Germanic)
    • nither, nether (Old Frisian)
      • near (West Frisian)
  • *niþer (Proto-West Germanic)
    • nidar (Old High German)
      • nider, neider (Middle High German)
        • nieder (German)
        • nitter (Hunsrik)
        • nidder (Luxembourgish)
        • nejder (Vilamovian)
  • *niþer (Proto-West Germanic)
    • nithar (Old Saxon)
      • nider (Middle Low German)
        • nedder, nieder (Low German)
  • niðr (Old Norse)
    • niður (Faroese)
    • niður (Icelandic)
    • ned, ner, ni, nid (Norwegian)
    • niþer (Old Gutnish)
  • niðr (Old Norse)
    • ? (Old Danish)
      • ned (Danish)
  • niðr (Old Norse)
    • niþer, niþ, nedher, nedh (Old Swedish)
      • ned, ner, neder (Swedish)

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