Where does “nayen” come from?
nayen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch nāien, from Proto-Germanic nēaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin , to sew.
Ancestry of “nayen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | nāien | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | nēaną | to sew |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₁- | to spin , to sew |
Words derived from “nayen”