Neer Definition
noun
(Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) (anatomy) Kidney.
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Origin of Neer
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From Middle English neere, nere (“kidney”), from Old English *nēora, *nēore (“kidney”), from Proto-Germanic *neurô, *negwrô, *negwrą (“kidney”), from Proto-Indo-European *negwʰrós (“kidney”). Cognate with Dutch nier (“kidney”), Low German nere (“kidney”), German Niere (“kidney”), Swedish njure (“kidney”), Icelandic nýru (“kidney”), Latin nefrones, nefrendes, nebrundines (“testicles”), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney, testicle”). See kidney.
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