Where does “nerwés” come from?

nerwés (Kashubian) comes from German nervös, from Latin nervosus, from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.

nerwés (Kashubian): nervous

Definitions

  1. nervous

Ancestry of “nerwés”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannervösnervous; jumpy
2Latinnervosussinewy; nervous; vigorous, energetic
3LatinnervusA sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)new-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)new- →Every word from Latin nervus →Every word from Latin nervosus →
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