nim

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*nem-“to give or take one's due”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*nemaną“to take”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*neman
4. Old English · inherited fromniman“to take”
5. Middle English · inherited fromnimen
6. English todaynim

From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian nieme (“to take”), West Frisian nimme (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), Low German nehmen (“to take”), German nehmen (“to take”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”). Related to numb and nimble.

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