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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/nieden

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, N (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
nieden
Friedrich Kluge2512456An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, N — nieden1891John Francis Davis

nieden (in hienieden), adv., ‘below, beneath,’ from MidHG. niden, nidene, OHG. nidana, adv.,‘below’; comp. OSax. nithana, AS. neoþan (from AS. beneoþan is derived E. beneath); allied to nieder.