Where does “nackt” come from?

nackt (German) comes from Middle High German nacket, from Old High German nackut, from Proto-Germanic nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

nackt (German): naked; bare

Definitions

  1. naked; bare

Ancestry of “nackt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germannacket—
2Old High Germannackutnaked
3Proto-Germanicnakwadaznaked
4Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

Words derived from “nackt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →