Where does “naai” come from?

naai (English) comes from Afrikaans naai, 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 (English): to have sexual intercourse

Definitions

  1. to have sexual intercourse

Ancestry of “naai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansnaaistitch; sew; have sex, fuck
2Dutchnaaiento sew; to screw, to fuck, to have sex; to screw,...
3Middle Dutchnâyento sew
4Old Dutchnāien—
5Proto-Germanicnēanąto sew
6Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēaną →Every word from Old Dutch nāien →