Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Near, close by. · Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
adv
Almost, nearly.
verb
to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near
prep
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorynear; close to
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- Proto-Germanic *nēhwazder. Proto-Germanic *nēhw Proto-West Germanic *nāhw Old English nēah Middle English neygh English nigh 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”).
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