An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Nächste

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, N (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Nächste
Friedrich Kluge2512393An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, N — Nächste1891John Francis Davis

Nächste, m., the superl. of nahe used as a subst., ‘neighbour, fellow-man’; comp. OHG. nâhisto, m., ‘neighbour’; in Goth. nêhwundja, m., ‘neighbour.’