nigh · adjective, verb, adverb, preposition1
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂neḱ-
- Proto-Germanic*nēhwaz
- Proto-Germanic*nēhw
- Proto-West Germanic*nāhw
- Old Englishnēah
- Middle Englishneygh
- English todaynigh
Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).
Nigh · proper noun2
* As an English surname, variant of Nye. * As a German surname, probably Americanized from Neu, Ney.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.