Where does “näg” come from?

näg (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic näko, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

näg (Livonian): glory, honor, sublimity

Definitions

  1. glory, honor, sublimity

Ancestry of “näg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicnäkosight, vision; look, appearance; face
2Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
3Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic näko →