nesh

Meanings

Adjective

• Soft; tender; sensitive; yielding.
• Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.
• Soft; friable; crumbly.

Verb

• To make soft, tender, or weak.
• To act timidly.

Origin

• From Middle English nesh, nesch, nesche, from Old English hnesċe, hnysċe, hnæsċe, from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskwī, from Proto-Germanic *hnaskuz, from Proto-Indo-European *knēs-, *kenes-. Cognate with Scots nesch, nesh, Dutch nesch, nes, Gothic 𐌷𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌵𐌿𐍃 ("soft, tender, delicate"). Compare also nask, nasky, nasty.
• . nosh.