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Where does “narwe” come from?

narwe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch narwa, from Polish narwać, from Polish na-, from Old Polish na-, from Proto-Slavic na- — on.

Ancestry of “narwe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchnarwa—
2Polishnarwać—
3Polishna-—
4Old Polishna-—
5Proto-Slavicna-on

Words derived from “narwe”

  • nerve
  • nerf
Every word from Proto-Slavic na- →