nithe
English
/naɪð/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) Envy; hatred.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English nith inherited from Old English nīþ (spite, hatred, envy, malice, strife, enmity, jealousy, attack, war, the effect of hatred, tribulation, persecution, oppression, ill-will, wickedness, hostility, action which arises from hatred, an instance of wickedness malice, war evil, grief, evil, vexation, affliction, rancor, trouble, annoyance) inherited from Proto-Germanic *nīþą (envy, zeal, fight, malice, hate, hatred) derived from Proto-Indo-European *neyt- (revile).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*neyt-
Gloss
revile
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Neid German
- Neidbau German
- Neider German
- Penisneid German
- neidisch German
- neidlos German
- neidvoll German
- nijd Dutch, Flemish
- nijden Dutch, Flemish
- nijdig Dutch, Flemish
- penisnijd Dutch, Flemish
- *neyH- Proto-Indo-European
- *neyt- Proto-Indo-European
- *nīþą Proto-Germanic
- heteniþ Old English
- niðing Old English
- niþ Old English
- niþful Old English
- niþfull Old English
- niþgeteon Old English
- niþgrimm Old English
- nīþ Old English
- wælniþ Old English
- nith Middle English
- níð Old Norse
- níð Icelandic
- nid Old High German
- nīd Old High German
- Näid Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸 Gothic
- *nīth Old Dutch
- nith Old Saxon