Where does “nokś” come from?

nokś (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic nogъtь, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ- — claw, nail; nail.

nokś (Lower Sorbian): nail thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes, fingernail

Definitions

  1. nail thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes, fingernail

Ancestry of “nokś”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnogъtьnail
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ-Every word from Proto-Slavic nogъtь
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