Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “knobʰnéh₂-”

68 words across 18 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European knobʰnéh₂- — including nap, napkin, kidnapping, nape, kidnap, napping, kidnapper, nappy.

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English (37)

Middle English (6)

German (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Finnish (3)

French (2)

Cebuano (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Japanese (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Dutch (1)

Korean (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Romanian (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old English (1)

Swedish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European knobʰnéh₂- — 68 descendants | Etymology Explorer