neighborship

Etymology

From Northern Middle English nychtbourschype, neȝeborusipe, equivalent to neighbor + -ship. It is cognate with Saterland Frisian Noaberskup (“neighborship”), West Frisian neibuorskip (“neighborship”), Dutch nabuurschap (“neighborship”), German Low German Naberskupp, Naverschop (“neighborhood; neighborship”), German Nachbarschaft (“neighborship; neighborhood”), Danish naboskab (“neighborship”), and Swedish naboskap (“neighborship”).