nether
‘located beneath or below; lower or under’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. nyðera, neþera, nethere, neyther < O.E. niþera, neoþera ‘down, downwards, lower, below, beneath’ < Proto-G. nitheraz < neh < ni- < Tamil il
nether
English words derived from Tamil il connoting ‘non-existence’