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Proto-Germanic *nēhw (mention)
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Proto-Germanic *-janą (mention)
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Middle Low German neren (derived)
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Old Swedish næra (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (root)
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (derived)
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Old Norse nær (derived)
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Icelandic ná- (cognate)