Where does “naai” come from?

naai (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch naaien, from Middle Dutch nâyen, from Old Dutch nāien, from Proto-Germanic nēaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

naai (Afrikaans): stitch; sew; have sex, fuck

Definitions

  1. stitch; sew; have sex, fuck

Ancestry of “naai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnaaiento sew; to screw, to fuck, to have sex; to screw,...
2Middle Dutchnâyento sew
3Old Dutchnāien—
4Proto-Germanicnēanąto sew
5Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

Words derived from “naai”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēaną →Every word from Old Dutch nāien →