Where does “nauwe” come from?

nauwe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch nauw, from Proto-Germanic hnawwaz, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Ancestry of “nauwe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchnauw—
2Proto-Germanichnawwaztight; narrow; sparse; meager; lean; scarce
3Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
4Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “nauwe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnawwaz →