Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/nessais

Etymology
From or, from ; compare 🇨🇬 and.

The superlative is cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

A different etymology is given by Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, which connects it with 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from, from the root. However, and  show that  becomes, which in turn becomes  in Brythonic and  in Goidelic (compare also  becoming ,  and ). It does not become and Insular Celtic. The Osco-Umbrian cognates are also inconsistent with this hypothesis.

Adjective

 * 1) nearer, closer

Usage notes
Forms a comparative to.