Where does “nøgen” come from?

nøgen (Danish) comes from Old Norse nakinn, from Proto-Germanic nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

nøgen (Danish): naked, nude

Definitions

  1. naked, nude

Ancestry of “nøgen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenakinnnaked
2Proto-Germanicnakwadaznaked
3Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

Words derived from “nøgen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →Every word from Proto-Germanic nakwadaz →Every word from Old Norse nakinn →