Proto-Germanic: *xnī(g)wan- vb.; *xnai(g)wa-z; *xnaig(w)ian- vb.
Meaning: decline, stoop
Gothic: hnīwan st. `decline'; hnaiw-s (a) `lowly'; *hnaiwjan wk. `humble'
Old Norse: hnīga st. `sich neigen; sinken, fallen'; hneigja wk. `neigen, beugen'
Norwegian: niga vb.; neigja `stauchen, vernieten'
Swedish: niga `knicksen'
Old Danish: nigä vb.; nege `sich verneigen'
Danish: neie `sich verneigen'
Old English: hnīgan `sich neigen, sinken', hnāg, hnāh `gebeugt, verächtlich'; hnǟgan
Old Frisian: hnīga
Old Saxon: hnīgan `sich neigen, sinken'; gi-hnēgian
Middle Dutch: nīghen `buigen, nijgen'; neighen
Dutch: nijgen; neigen
Middle Low German: nīgen
Old High German: (h)nīgan st. `sich neigen (vor), sich niederbücken' (8.Jh.); (h)neigen wk. `neigen, senken, biegen, abwenden, beugen, unterwerfen' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: nīgen st. 'sich neigen, sinken; sich beugen'; neigen wk.'neigen, senken, erniedrigen'
German: neigen
