"nāhwēn" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

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Verb

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *nēhwāną, equivalent to *nāhw (“near, close”) + *-ēn. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*nēhwāną}} Proto-Germanic *nēhwāną, {{suffix|gmw-pro|*nāhw|*-ēn|id2=stative-fientive|t1=near, close}} *nāhw (“near, close”) + *-ēn Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|verb}} *nāhwēn Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-verb-wk3}} Forms: weak [table-tags], nāhwēn [infinitive], nāhwēnijas [genitive, infinitive], nāhwēnijē [dative, infinitive], nāhwēniju [infinitive, instrumental], nāhwē [first-person, present, singular], nāhw?dā [first-person, past, singular], nāhwēs [present, second-person, singular], nāhw?dēs [past, second-person, singular], nāhwēþ [present, singular, third-person], nāhw?dē [past, singular, third-person], nāhw?dā [past, singular, third-person], nāhwēm [first-person, plural, present], nāhw?dum [first-person, past, plural], nāhwēþ [plural, present, second-person], nāhw?dud [past, plural, second-person], nāhwēnþ [plural, present, third-person], nāhw?dun [past, plural, third-person], nāhw?dī [first-person, past, singular], nāhw?dī [past, second-person, singular], nāhwē [present, singular, third-person], nāhw?dī [past, singular, third-person], nāhw?dīm [first-person, past, plural], nāhw?dīd [past, plural, second-person], nāhwēn [plural, present, third-person], nāhw?dīn [past, plural, third-person], nāhwē [present, singular], nāhwēþ [plural, present], nāhwēndī [participle, present], nāhw?d [participle, past]
  1. to come closer, approach Tags: reconstruction Related terms: nāhwijan

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "ang",
            "2": "*nēahian",
            "3": "*nēahwian"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: *nēahian, *nēahwian",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: *nēahian, *nēahwian"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "ġenēahian",
            "3": "ġenēahwian",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old English: ġenēahian, ġenēahwian",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old English: ġenēahian, ġenēahwian"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "neighen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: neighen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: neighen"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "nigh"
          },
          "expansion": "English: nigh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: nigh"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "*nāhōn"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: *nāhōn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: *nāhōn"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
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          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: nâgen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: nâgen"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *nāhon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
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          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: nâen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: nâen"
    },
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Old High German: nāhēn"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "nahen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: nahen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: nahen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "nahen"
          },
          "expansion": "German: nahen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: nahen"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-verb-wk3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
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      "form": "nāhwēnijas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēnijē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēniju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēnþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēndī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?d",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*nāhwēn",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-wk3"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nāhwēn",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-ēn (stative-fientive)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come closer, approach"
      ],
      "id": "en-nāhwēn-gmw-pro-verb-isW0GQdH",
      "links": [
        [
          "closer",
          "closer"
        ],
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "nāhwijan"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nāhwēn"
}
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  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
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            "3": "*nēahwian"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: *nēahian, *nēahwian",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
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          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Old English: ġenēahian, ġenēahwian",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Old English: ġenēahian, ġenēahwian"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "neighen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: neighen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: neighen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "nigh"
          },
          "expansion": "English: nigh",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: nigh"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: *nāhōn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: *nāhōn"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "nâgen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: nâgen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: nâgen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*nāhon"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *nāhon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *nāhon"
    },
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            "2": "nâen"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: nâen"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "nāhēn"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: nāhēn"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: nahen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: nahen"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "nahen"
          },
          "expansion": "German: nahen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "form": "weak",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
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      "form": "nāhwēnijas",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēniju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "instrumental"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēnþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?dīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhwēndī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāhw?d",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*nāhwēn",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-wk3"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nāhwēn",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "nāhwijan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-West Germanic class 3 weak verbs",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-ēn (stative-fientive)",
        "Proto-West Germanic verbs",
        "gmw-pro:Distance"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come closer, approach"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "closer",
          "closer"
        ],
        [
          "approach",
          "approach"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nāhwēn"
}

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