Nehrung

German Etymology From East Prussian de gmh nerunge, neringe (“spit”, 15th c.), earlier gmh nerige, nerge (14th c.). Cognate with prg neria, lt nerija (both “spit”). Further origin de 1. Assuming German origin, from the adjective de gem-pro *narwaz narrow, related with de Narbe scar. If the form without gmh -n- is original, it may be derived with the Germanic suffix gem-pro *-į̄, thus gem-pro *narwį̄ narrowness. If the form with gmh -n- is original, it may be derived with the suffix gem-pro *-ingaz commonly used in placenames (compare de -ingen). Baltic origin is more likely on the face of it, but the proposed derivation from de ine-bsl-pro - sla-pro *nerti *nerˀtei to dive is not entirely convincing. It has also been posited that a gem-pro *narjō strait or headland, related with the adjective above, was first borrowed into Baltic and thence later into German. Said noun is, however, not attested anywhere and has only nebulously been identified in Scandinavian placenames. Pronunciation de /ˈneːʁʊŋ/ de De-Nehrung.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-at-Nehrung.ogg Austria de Neh rung Noun f de geography spit long, very narrow peninsula, especially in the Baltic Sea de Frische Nehrung Vistula Spit de Kurische Nehrung Curonian Spit Declension f Related terms de Narbe See also de Haff Further reading de