Proto-Indo-European

*h₂neḱ-

‘to reach, to attain’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-.

10 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-, most familiar first.

• next ← nexte ← nīehsta ← nīehst ← nēah
• near ← nere ← nēah ← *nāhw ← *nēhw
• neighbour ← neighebour ← nēahġebūr ← *nāhwagabūrō ← *nēhwagabūrô
• nigh ← neygh ← nēah ← *nāhw ← *nēhw
• neist ← nest ← nēst ← nēah ← *nāhw
• ananke ← ἀνάγκη
• amshom ← അംശം ← अंश ← *Hánćas ← *h₁ónḱos
• anankastic ← ἀναγκαστικός ← ἀναγκάζω ← ἀνάγκη
• anangeon ← ἀναγκαῖον ← ἀναγκαῖος ← ἀνάγκη
• fornigh ← forneh ← fornēah ← nēah ← *nāhw

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-