Where does “nære” come from?
nære (Danish) comes from Middle Low German neren, from Old Saxon nerian, from Proto-West Germanic naʀjan, from Proto-Germanic nazjaną, from Proto-Indo-European nes- — to return home.
nære (Danish): to feed
Ancestry of “nære”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | neren | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | nerian | to save |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | naʀjan | to save, to rescue |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nazjaną | to save; rescue; heal |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | nes- | to return home |