neer

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*negʷʰrós
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*neurô
3. Old English · inherited from*nēora
4. Middle English · inherited fromneere
5. English todayneer

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”).

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