Old Norse nei

← Proto-Germanic *nai (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *nē (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *ne (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *nē (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *nēy (mention)

→ English nay (derived)

→ Danish nej (derived)

→ Middle English nai (borrowed)

→ Faroese nei (inherited)

→ Faroese neiggj (derived)

→ Icelandic nei (inherited)

→ Norwegian Bokmål nei (inherited)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk nei (inherited)

→ Elfdalian näj (inherited)

→ Swedish nej (inherited)