neeghe

== Yola == === Alternative forms === nich === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /niːx/, /nɪx/ === Adjective === neeghe (comparative neicher) nigh ==== Derived terms ==== neemest === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 59