ner
Swedish
/neːr/
adv
Definitions
- (somewhat) down; in a direction downwards
- (somewhat) down; off with various verbs to denote something which is turned off or shut down
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse niðr (son, a descendant, relative, downwards, any kinsman, a son, kinsman) derived from Proto-Germanic *niþer derived from Proto-Indo-European *niter.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*niter
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *h₁én, *ni- Proto-Indo-European
- *niter Proto-Indo-European
- ned Norwegian Bokmål
- *niþer Proto-Germanic
- ned Swedish
- neder Swedish
- nerväxt Swedish
- växt Swedish
- ned Norwegian Nynorsk
- niþer Old English
- niþera Old English
- langniðjar Old Norse
- neðri Old Norse
- niðr Old Norse
- ned Danish
- niðji Icelandic
- niður Icelandic
- nidar Old High German
- niður Faroese
- *nithar Old Dutch
- nither Old Dutch