Where does “nahtfrei” come from?

nahtfrei (German) comes from German frei, from Middle High German vrî, from Old High German frī, from Proto-West Germanic frī, from Proto-Germanic frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European priHós, from Proto-Indo-European preyH- — to love, to please.

nahtfrei (German): seamless

Definitions

  1. seamless

Ancestry of “nahtfrei”, step by step

nahtfrei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German frei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfreifree; unenslaved; unimprisoned; free;...
2Middle High Germanvrî—
3Old High Germanfrīfree
4Proto-West Germanicfrīfree
5Proto-Germanicfrijazfree
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpriHósdear, beloved; happy, free
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpreyH-to love, to please

via German naht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannahtinflection of nahen: ## second-person plural...
2Middle High Germannāt—
3Old High Germannāt—
4Proto-GermanicnēdizThat which is sewn; seam; stitch
5Proto-Germanicnēanąto sew
6Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European preyH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European priHós →Every word from Proto-Germanic frijaz →
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