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neigh

  [ney]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to utter the cry of a horse; whinny.
–noun
2. the cry of a horse; whinny.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME ney(gh)en, OE hnǣgan, c. MD neyen, OS hnēgian, MHG nēgen, OHG hneigen, ON hneggja; akin to OS hnechian; MD nighen, MLG nigen, MHG nyhen; and, with intrusion in the initial, ON gneggja, Norw kneggja. See nag 2
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neigh   (nā)   
n.  The long, high-pitched sound made by a horse.
intr.v.   neighed, neigh·ing, neighs
To utter the characteristic sound of a horse; whinny.

[From Middle English neighen, to neigh, from Old English hnǣgan, probably of imitative origin.]
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Word Origin & History

neigh 
O.E. hnægan, probably of imitative origin (cf. O.N. gneggja, M.H.G. negen, Fr. hennir, Jap. inanaki).
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