An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/nieden
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nieden (in hienieden), adverb, ‘below, beneath,’ from Middle High German niden, nidene, Old High German nidana, adverb,‘below’; compare Old Saxon nithana, Anglo-Saxon neoþan (from Anglo-Saxon beneoþan is derived English beneath); allied to nieder.