Old Norse nær

← Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *nēhw (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (derived)

→ English near (derived)

→ Danish nær (derived)

→ Danish når (inherited)

→ Danish hvornår (derived)

→ Westrobothnian ner (inherited)

→ Westrobothnian när (inherited)

→ Icelandic nær (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål nær (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål når (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk nær (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk når (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk nærare (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk nærmast (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk nærast (derived)

→ Swedish när (inherited)

→ Swedish nära (derived)