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- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
- Proto-Germanic*bi
- Proto-Germanic*bi-
- Proto-West Germanic*bi-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*laubō
- Proto-Germanic*laubijaną
- Proto-West Germanic*laubijan
- Proto-West Germanic*bilaubijan
- Old Englishbelīefan
- Middle Englishbileven
- Englishbelieve
- Englishbeliever
- English todaynonbeliever
From non- + believer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.