Etymology

Nidd

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Today it means: A river in North Yorkshire, England, which joins the (Yorkshire) Ouse. Full definition →

Old English *Nid ← Proto-West Germanic *Nǐd ← Proto-Germanic *Nidā
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*neid-/*nid-“flow”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*Nidā
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*Nǐd
  4. Old English · inherited from*Nid
  5. English todayNidd

From Old English *Nid, from Proto-West Germanic *Nǐd, from Proto-Germanic *Nidā, from Proto-Indo-European *neid-/*nid- (“flow”).

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