Where does “nægte” come from?

nægte (Danish) comes from Old Norse neita, from Proto-Germanic niitjaną, from Proto-Germanic ne, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

nægte (Danish): deny; to deny

Definitions

  1. deny; to deny

Ancestry of “nægte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseneita—
2Proto-Germanicniitjanąto say ‘no’, deny, refuse
3Proto-Germanicnenot
4Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “nægte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Germanic ne →Every word from Proto-Germanic niitjaną →