Where does “nâyen” come from?

nâyen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch nāien, from Proto-Germanic nēaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

nâyen (Middle Dutch): to sew

Definitions

  1. to sew

Ancestry of “nâyen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchnāien—
2Proto-Germanicnēanąto sew
3Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

Words derived from “nâyen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēaną →Every word from Old Dutch nāien →