Where does “cnagen” come from?

cnagen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch gnagan, from Proto-Germanic gnaganą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- — to gnaw, scratch.

cnagen (Middle Dutch): to gnaw; to eat away

Definitions

  1. to gnaw; to eat away

Ancestry of “cnagen”, step by step

cnagen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch gnagan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgnagan—
2Proto-Germanicgnaganąto gnaw
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰnēgʰ-to gnaw, scratch

via Proto-Germanic *gnagan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*gnagan—

Words derived from “cnagen”

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