*nīþą

Runic: ᚾᛁᚦᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈniː.θɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

hate, envy, malice

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *néyHto- or *níHto-, from Proto-Indo-European *neyH- (‘to be angry’). Related to Old Irish níth (‘battle, fury’), as well as perhaps Tocharian B ñyātse (‘danger, plague, distress’) and Primitive Irish *ᚅᚓᚈᚐ (*neta, ‘warrior, champion’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.nīþąnīþō
Acc.nīþąnīþō
Gen.nīþas, nīþisnīþǫ̂
Dat.nīþainīþamaz
Inst.nīþōnīþamiz
Voc.nīþąnīþō

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Descendants

  • *nīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • nīth (Old Dutch)
      • nijt (Middle Dutch)
        • nijd (Dutch)
          • nyd (Afrikaans)
          • neid (Negerhollands)
  • *nīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • nīþ, nīð (Old English)
      • nith, nithe, niþ, nuþ, nyth, nyþe, nið, nuð (Middle English)
  • *nīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • nīth, nīd (Old Frisian)
      • Nied (Saterland Frisian)
      • niid (West Frisian)
  • *nīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • nīd (Old High German)
      • nīt (Middle High German)
        • Neid (German)
        • Näid (Luxembourgish)
  • *nīþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • nīth (Old Saxon)
      • nît (Middle Low German)
        • Nied (German Low German)
  • níð (Old Norse)
    • nid (Danish)
    • níð (Icelandic)
  • níð (Old Norse)
    • niþ, nidh (Old Swedish)
      • nid (Swedish)
  • 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸 (neiþ) (Gothic)

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