nether

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Adj

1. Lower; under.
2. Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

Adv

1. Down; downward.
2. Low; low down.

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
4. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
5. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.

Noun

1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
2. A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.

Hevwate

under

lower

inferior

down

low

chthonian

subaltern

chthonic

downwards

adown

below

downbound

beneath

down below

downstairs

infra

junior

subjacent

underlying

to the bottom

Werger

inferior

inférieur

κάτω

cehennem

unter

κατώτερος

bas

inferiore

inferior

subterrâneo

bajo

alt

baix

sotterraneo

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/nɛð.ə/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: nether

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: niþera

Hevwate bi holendî: neder

Hevwate bi almanî: nieder

Hevwate bi luksembûrgî: nidder

Hevwate bi danmarkî: -

Hevwate bi norwecî: -

Hevwate bi swêdî: ned

Hevwate bi swêdî: nedre

Hevwate bi ferî: -

Hevwate bi îzlendî: niður

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: nitheren

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: niþerian

In summary

From Middle English nether, nethere, nithere, from Old English niþera (“lower, under, lowest”, adjective), from niþer, niþor (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, *niþra (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, down”). Cognates include Dutch neder, German nieder, Luxembourgish nidder, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ned, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish nedre (“lower”), Faroese and Icelandic niður.