niþer

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *niþer from the comparative of Proto-Indo-European *ni- (“down, below”). Cognate with Old High German nidar, Old Norse niðr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈni.θer/, [ˈni.ðer] === Adverb === niþer down, downwards ==== Usage notes ==== This word is used to describe where something is going: wit gāþ þæder niðer (“we're going down there”). To describe where something is located, the word niþre is used instead: wit sind hēr niðre (“we're down here”). ==== Antonyms ==== upp ==== Derived terms ==== niþera ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: nithere, nethere, nether English: nether Scots: nether, nedder