"neer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: neers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English neere, nere, from Old English *nēora, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós. Cognate with Dutch nier (“kidney”), Low German nere (“kidney”), German Niere (“kidney”), Swedish njure (“kidney”), Icelandic nýru (“kidney”), Latin nefrones, nefrendes, nebrundines (“testicles”), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney, testicle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|neere}} Middle English neere, {{m|enm|nere}} nere, {{inh|en|ang|*nēora}} Old English *nēora, {{der|en|gem-pro|*neurô}} Proto-Germanic *neurô, {{der|en|ine-pro|*negʷʰrós}} Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós, {{cog|nl|nier||kidney}} Dutch nier (“kidney”), {{cog|nds|nere||kidney}} Low German nere (“kidney”), {{cog|de|Niere||kidney}} German Niere (“kidney”), {{cog|sv|njure||kidney}} Swedish njure (“kidney”), {{cog|is|nýru||kidney}} Icelandic nýru (“kidney”), {{cog|la|nefrones}} Latin nefrones, {{m|la|nefrendes}} nefrendes, {{m|la|nebrundines||testicles}} nebrundines (“testicles”), {{cog|grc|νεφρός||kidney, testicle}} Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney, testicle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} neer (plural neers)
  1. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) (anatomy) Kidney. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: near, neir
    Sense id: en-neer-en-noun-jUKBOVZv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Scottish English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for neer meaning in English (2.9kB)

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      "word": "neir"
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