neither

neither

‘not one or the other’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

   E. naiþer, neiðere, neyder, neyþyr, neyther < M.E. neither, neither, nether < O.E. nahwæþer ‘not of two’ < na ‘no’ + hwæþer ‘which of two’ < nai < ne- < Tamil al