niewiht

== Old Dutch == === Alternative forms === nieht niet *niewihts (partitive genitive, sense 2) === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht. Equivalent to ne- (“not”) +‎ io (“ever”) +‎ wiht (“creature”). Cognate with Old English nāwiht, Old High German niowiht, Old Frisian nāwet and Old Saxon neowiht. === Adverb === niewiht not Synonyms: ne, ne- c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]: c. 1100 CE, Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible: ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: niet, nicht, niewetDutch: niet (see there for further descendants)Jersey Dutch: nîtLimburgish: neet === Pronoun === niewiht nothing c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]: ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: niets (← *niewihts) Dutch: niets === Adjective === niewiht (rare) worthless, of no worth c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]: ==== Inflection ==== === Usage notes === In sense 1, often both niewiht (and variants) and ne- were used to negate the verb: ne- + drēdes + niewiht → nedrēdes niewiht ("do you not fear?") niet + ne- + merke → niet nemerke ("do not heed!") ne- + wirthet + nieht → newirthet nieht ("it doesn't become.") === Further reading === “niewiht (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 “niewiht (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012