nether

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

neder

Synoniemen

under

lower

inferior

down

low

chthonian

subaltern

chthonic

downwards

adown

below

downbound

beneath

down below

downstairs

infra

junior

subjacent

underlying

to the bottom

Vertalingen

inferior

inférieur

κάτω

cehennem

unter

κατώτερος

bas

inferiore

inferior

subterrâneo

bajo

alt

baix

sotterraneo

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/nɛð.ə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: nether

Overgenomen van Oudengels: niþera

Verwant aan Nederlands: neder

Verwant aan Duits: nieder

Verwant aan Luxemburgs: nidder

Verwant aan Deens: -

Verwant aan Noors: -

Verwant aan Zweeds: ned

Verwant aan Zweeds: nedre

Verwant aan Faeröers: -

Verwant aan IJslands: niður

Overgenomen van Middelengels: nitheren

Overgenomen van Oudengels: 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.