neer

== English == === Alternative forms === near, neir === Etymology === From Middle English neere, nere, from Old English *nēora, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós. Cognate with Dutch nier (“kidney”), Low German nere (“kidney”), German Niere (“kidney”), Swedish njure (“kidney”), Icelandic nýru (“kidney”), Latin nefrones, nefrendes, nebrundines (“testicles”), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney, testicle”). === Noun === neer (plural neers) (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) (anatomy) Kidney. === References === “neer”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Anagrams === reen, Rene, erne, Erne == Dutch == === Alternative forms === neder === Etymology === Contraction of neder. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /neːr/, [nɪːr] Hyphenation: neer Rhymes: -eːr Homophone: Neer === Adverb === neer down, downwards Antonym: op Hij legde het boek neer. ― He laid the book down. Ze viel doodmoe neer op het bed. ― She fell down on the bed, exhausted. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Jersey Dutch: nêr Negerhollands: neer === Anagrams === eren == Estonian == === Etymology === From a Germanic language, possibly Middle Low German nēre (“kidney”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *neurô (“kidney”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈneːr/, [ˈneːr] Rhymes: -eːr Hyphenation: neer === Noun === neer (genitive neeru, partitive neeru) (anatomy) kidney ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === References === neer in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “neer”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 == Middle English == === Adverb === neer alternative form of nere == Yola == === Adverb === neer alternative form of near === 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 111