"nēhwaz" meaning in Proto-Germanic

See nēhwaz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈnɛː.xʷɑz/
Etymology: From Pre-Germanic *h₂nḗḱwos, a lengthened-grade adjective derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). Etymology templates: {{root|gem-pro|ine-pro|*h₂neḱ-}}, {{inh|gem-pro|ine-pro|*h₂neḱ-||to reach}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) Forms: nēhw [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], nēhwaz [masculine, nominative, singular, strong], nēhwō [feminine, nominative, singular, strong], nēhwą [neuter, nominative, singular, strong], -atō [neuter, nominative, singular, strong], nēhwai [masculine, nominative, plural, strong], nēhwôz [feminine, nominative, plural, strong], nēhwō [neuter, nominative, plural, strong], nēhwanǭ [accusative, masculine, singular, strong], nēhwǭ [accusative, feminine, singular, strong], nēhwą [accusative, neuter, singular, strong], -atō [accusative, neuter, singular, strong], nēhwanz [accusative, masculine, plural, strong], nēhwōz [accusative, feminine, plural, strong], nēhwō [accusative, neuter, plural, strong], nēhwas [genitive, masculine, singular, strong], -is [genitive, masculine, singular, strong], nēhwaizōz [feminine, genitive, singular, strong], nēhwas [genitive, neuter, singular, strong], -is [genitive, neuter, singular, strong], nēhwaizǫ̂ [genitive, masculine, plural, strong], nēhwaizǫ̂ [feminine, genitive, plural, strong], nēhwaizǫ̂ [genitive, neuter, plural, strong], nēhwammai [dative, masculine, singular, strong], nēhwaizōi [dative, feminine, singular, strong], nēhwammai [dative, neuter, singular, strong], nēhwaimaz [dative, masculine, plural, strong], nēhwaimaz [dative, feminine, plural, strong], nēhwaimaz [dative, neuter, plural, strong], nēhwanō [instrumental, masculine, singular, strong], nēhwaizō [feminine, instrumental, singular, strong], nēhwanō [instrumental, neuter, singular, strong], nēhwaimiz [instrumental, masculine, plural, strong], nēhwaimiz [feminine, instrumental, plural, strong], nēhwaimiz [instrumental, neuter, plural, strong], nēhwô [masculine, nominative, singular, weak], nēhwǭ [feminine, nominative, singular, weak], nēhwô [neuter, nominative, singular, weak], nēhwaniz [masculine, nominative, plural, weak], nēhwōniz [feminine, nominative, plural, weak], nēhwōnō [neuter, nominative, plural, weak], nēhwanų [accusative, masculine, singular, weak], nēhwōnų [accusative, feminine, singular, weak], nēhwô [accusative, neuter, singular, weak], nēhwanunz [accusative, masculine, plural, weak], nēhwōnunz [accusative, feminine, plural, weak], nēhwōnō [accusative, neuter, plural, weak], nēhwiniz [genitive, masculine, singular, weak], nēhwōniz [feminine, genitive, singular, weak], nēhwiniz [genitive, neuter, singular, weak], nēhwanǫ̂ [genitive, masculine, plural, weak], nēhwōnǫ̂ [feminine, genitive, plural, weak], nēhwanǫ̂ [genitive, neuter, plural, weak], nēhwini [dative, masculine, singular, weak], nēhwōni [dative, feminine, singular, weak], nēhwini [dative, neuter, singular, weak], nēhwammaz [dative, masculine, plural, weak], nēhwōmaz [dative, feminine, plural, weak], nēhwammaz [dative, neuter, plural, weak], nēhwinē [instrumental, masculine, singular, weak], nēhwōnē [feminine, instrumental, singular, weak], nēhwinē [instrumental, neuter, singular, weak], nēhwammiz [instrumental, masculine, plural, weak], nēhwōmiz [feminine, instrumental, plural, weak], nēhwammiz [instrumental, neuter, plural, weak]
  1. nigh, near, close Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers Tags: reconstruction Derived forms: nēhw, nēhwāną, nēhwijaną, nēhwiz
    Sense id: en-nēhwaz-gem-pro-adj---isR9rW Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*nāhw"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *nāhw",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *nāhw"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "nēah"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: nēah, nēa, nēh, nīh\nMiddle English: neygh, nygh, nye, nyȝ, nighe\nEnglish: nigh\nScots: ne, ney\nYola: neeghe, nich",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: nēah, nēa, nēh, nīh\nMiddle English: neygh, nygh, nye, nyȝ, nighe\nEnglish: nigh\nScots: ne, ney\nYola: neeghe, nich"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "nā",
            "3": "nēi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: nā, nēi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: nā, nēi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frr",
            "2": "nei",
            "3": "nai"
          },
          "expansion": "North Frisian: nei, nai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Frisian: nei, nai"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "nai"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: nai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: nai"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "nei"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: nei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: nei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "nāh"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: nāh\nMiddle Low German: nâch, nâ\nGerman Low German: na",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: nāh\nMiddle Low German: nâch, nâ\nGerman Low German: na"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*nāh",
            "3": "*nā"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *nāh, *nā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *nāh, *nā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "na"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: na",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: na"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "na"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: na",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: na"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "nāh"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: nāh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: nāh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "nāch"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: nāch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: nāch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": "naach"
          },
          "expansion": "Alemannic German: naach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Alemannic German: naach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-cfr",
            "2": "noh"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Franconian: noh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Franconian: noh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "nah",
            "3": "nach"
          },
          "expansion": "German: nah, nach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: nah, nach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "no"
          },
          "expansion": "Luxembourgish: no",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luxembourgish: no"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌰"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌰 (nēƕa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌰 (nēƕa)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂neḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂neḱ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to reach"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Pre-Germanic *h₂nḗḱwos, a lengthened-grade adjective derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nēhw",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwôz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanǭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwǭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-is",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaizōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-is",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaizǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaizǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaizǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwammai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaizōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwammai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaimaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaimaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaimaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaizō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaimiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaimiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaimiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwô",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwǭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwô",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanų",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōnų",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwô",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanunz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōnunz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwiniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwiniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōnǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwammaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōmaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwammaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwinē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwinē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwammiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōmiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwammiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēhwaz",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "nēhw"
        },
        {
          "word": "nēhwāną"
        },
        {
          "word": "nēhwijaną"
        },
        {
          "word": "nēhwiz"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nigh, near, close"
      ],
      "id": "en-nēhwaz-gem-pro-adj---isR9rW",
      "links": [
        [
          "nigh",
          "nigh"
        ],
        [
          "near",
          "near"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɛː.xʷɑz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nēhwaz"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nēhw"
    },
    {
      "word": "nēhwāną"
    },
    {
      "word": "nēhwijaną"
    },
    {
      "word": "nēhwiz"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*nāhw"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *nāhw",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *nāhw"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "nēah"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: nēah, nēa, nēh, nīh\nMiddle English: neygh, nygh, nye, nyȝ, nighe\nEnglish: nigh\nScots: ne, ney\nYola: neeghe, nich",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: nēah, nēa, nēh, nīh\nMiddle English: neygh, nygh, nye, nyȝ, nighe\nEnglish: nigh\nScots: ne, ney\nYola: neeghe, nich"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "nā",
            "3": "nēi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: nā, nēi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: nā, nēi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frr",
            "2": "nei",
            "3": "nai"
          },
          "expansion": "North Frisian: nei, nai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "North Frisian: nei, nai"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "nai"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: nai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: nai"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "nei"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: nei",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: nei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "nāh"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: nāh\nMiddle Low German: nâch, nâ\nGerman Low German: na",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: nāh\nMiddle Low German: nâch, nâ\nGerman Low German: na"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*nāh",
            "3": "*nā"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *nāh, *nā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *nāh, *nā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "na"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: na",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: na"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "na"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: na",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: na"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "nāh"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: nāh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: nāh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "nāch"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: nāch",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: nāch"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": "naach"
          },
          "expansion": "Alemannic German: naach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Alemannic German: naach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-cfr",
            "2": "noh"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Franconian: noh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Franconian: noh"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "nah",
            "3": "nach"
          },
          "expansion": "German: nah, nach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: nah, nach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "no"
          },
          "expansion": "Luxembourgish: no",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luxembourgish: no"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌰"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌰 (nēƕa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌰 (nēƕa)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂neḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂neḱ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to reach"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Pre-Germanic *h₂nḗḱwos, a lengthened-grade adjective derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nēhw",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwôz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanǭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwǭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-is",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaizōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-is",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaizǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaizǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaizǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwammai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaizōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwammai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaimaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaimaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaimaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaizō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaimiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaimiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaimiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwô",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwǭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwô",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwaniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanų",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōnų",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwô",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanunz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōnunz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōnō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwiniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwiniz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōnǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwanǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwammaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōmaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwammaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwinē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwinē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwammiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwōmiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nēhwammiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēhwaz",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Germanic a-stem adjectives",
        "Proto-Germanic adjectives",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂neḱ-",
        "Proto-Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nigh, near, close"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nigh",
          "nigh"
        ],
        [
          "near",
          "near"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɛː.xʷɑz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nēhwaz"
}

Download raw JSONL data for nēhwaz meaning in Proto-Germanic (10.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Proto-Germanic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-20 using wiktextract (4eaa824 and ea19a0a). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.