Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēhwist

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɛːxʷist/

Adverb

*nēhwist

superlative degree of *nēhw (“near”): nearest, closest

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *nāhwist(ō)
- Old English: nīehsta, nīehste
  - Middle English: nexte, nexste, nixte
    - English: next
- Old Frisian: nest
  - Saterland Frisian: naist
- Old Saxon: nāhisto
- Old Dutch: *nāist, *nāst
  - Middle Dutch: naest
    - Dutch: naast
- Old High German: nāhisto
  - German: nächster
Old Norse: næst
- Icelandic: næst
- Swedish: nästa
- Danish: næste