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FromMiddle Englishnesh,nesch,nesche, fromOld Englishhnesċe,hnysċe,næsċe(“soft, tender, mild; weak, delicate; slack, negligent; effeminate, wanton”), fromProto-West Germanic*hnaskwī, fromProto-Germanic*hnaskuz(“soft, tender”), fromProto-Indo-European*knēs-,*kenes-(“to scratch, scrape, rub”).
Cognate withScotsnesch,nesh(“soft, tender, yielding easily to pressure, sensitive”),Dutchnesch,nes(“wet, moist”),Gothic𐌷𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌵𐌿𐍃(hnasqus,“soft, tender, delicate”). Compare alsonask,nasky,nasty.
nesh (comparativenesher,superlativeneshest)
FromMiddle Englishneschen, fromOld Englishhnesċan,hnesċian(“to make soft, soften; become soft, give way, waver”), fromProto-West Germanic*hnaskwōn(“to make soft”), fromProto-Indo-European*knēs-,*kenes-(“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Cognate withOld High Germannascōn("to nibble at, parasitise, squander"; >Germannaschen(“to nibble, pinch”)).Doublet ofnosh.
nesh (third-person singular simple presentneshes,present participleneshing,simple past and past participleneshed)
Plural ofnes.
nesh m pl (masculine singularnes,feminine singularnese,feminine pluralnesi)