Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/niþanē

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From *niþ(rą) +‎ *-anē.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈni.θɑ.neː/

Adverb

*niþanē

from below, from beneath
below, beneath

Related terms

*niþrą
*niþrai

Descendants

Old English: bineoþan
- Middle English: benethe
  - English: beneath
Old Saxon: nithana
- Middle Low German: *neden
  - Plautdietsch: naden
Old High German: nidana
Old Norse: neðan
- Icelandic: neðan
- Faroese: niðan
- Old Swedish: niþan, næþan
  - Swedish: nedan
- Old Danish: næthæn
  - Danish: neden

References

“neðan” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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