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Where does “naket” come from?

naket (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch nakot, from Proto-Germanic nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

Ancestry of “naket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchnakot—
2Proto-Germanicnakwadaznaked
3Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

Words derived from “naket”

  • nakend
  • naakt
  • nakie
  • spiernaakt
  • nakent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →