Where does “nagen” come from?

nagen (German) comes from Middle High German nagen, from Old High German nagan, from Proto-West Germanic gnagan, from Proto-Germanic gnaganą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- — to gnaw, scratch.

nagen (German): to gnaw

Definitions

  1. to gnaw

Ancestry of “nagen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germannagento gnaw
2Old High Germannagan—
3Proto-West Germanicgnaganto gnaw
4Proto-Germanicgnaganąto gnaw
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰnēgʰ-to gnaw, scratch

Words derived from “nagen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gnaganą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gnagan →