ned
Unknown. The suggested initialism from "non-educated delinquent" is abackronym andfolk etymology. Several other suggestions include a contraction ofne'er-do-well,neanderthal, or some kind of relationship withTeddy Boy although its use much predates the 1950s origin of that phrase. Ostensibly unrelated to "Ned" as adiminutive of the personal name "Edward" but the Scottish use of 'ned' for hooligan or lout is cited by the Oxford English Dictionary as dating from the early 19th century. The OED also attributes a possible derivation from the 'Edward' diminutive.
ned (pluralneds)
FromMiddle High Germanniwiht,niweht,niht, a contracted form ofOld High Germanniowiht, fromnio(“never”) +wiht(“being, creature”), the last fromProto-Germanic*wihtą. Cognates includeGermannicht,Dutchniet,Yiddishניט(nit) andנישט(nisht),Englishnot.
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FromOld Danishnithær, fromOld Norseniðr, fromProto-Germanic*niþer, fromProto-Indo-European*niter. Cognates includeFaroese andIcelandicniður,Englishnether,Dutchneder,Germannieder.
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Cognate withUpper Sorbianhnyd andCzechhned.
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FromProto-Finnic*net.
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| Declension ofned | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | se | ned |
| genitive | sen | niiden |
| partitive | sida | niid |
| essive | sin | niin |
| instructive | — | niin |
| inessive | siiš | niiš |
| elative | siišpiä | niišpiä |
| illative | sih | niihe |
| adessive | sil | niil |
| ablative | silpiä | niilpiä |
| allative | sile | niile |
| abessive | sita | niita |
| prolative | siči | niiči |
| translative | sikš | niikš |
| additive | sihpiä | niihepiä |
| *) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl) | ||
FromOld Norseniðr, fromProto-Germanic*niþer.
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FromOld Norseniðr, fromProto-Germanic*niþer.
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ned (pluralneds)
FromOld Norseniðr, fromProto-Germanic*niþer, fromProto-Indo-European*niter. Cognates includeEnglishnether,Faroese andIcelandicniður,Germannieder andDutchneder.
ned (notcomparable)
The formsned andner are often, but not always, interchangeable. The formned is more formal and is especially found in compounds of more formal nature, whereasner is more common as a word on its own. For instance the formal wordnedlägga(“to discontinue, shut down”) vs. its informal equivalentlägga ner. Some compounds can use either form, e.g.nedladdning(“download”) (more formal) ornerladdning (less formal). Some compounds only usened, e.g.nedlåtande(“condescending”).
In a few compounds, the otherwise archaic formneder is used, e.g.nederbörd(“precipitation”) ornedervåning(“ground floor”).
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