Where does “gnawen” come from?

gnawen (Middle English) comes from Old English gnagan, from Proto-West Germanic gnagan, from Proto-Germanic gnaganą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- — to gnaw, scratch.

gnawen (Middle English): To gnaw; to continually bite or chew; To eat or...

Definitions

  1. To gnaw; to continually bite or chew; To eat or...

Ancestry of “gnawen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgnaganto gnaw
2Proto-West Germanicgnaganto gnaw
3Proto-Germanicgnaganąto gnaw
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰnēgʰ-to gnaw, scratch

Words derived from “gnawen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gnaganą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gnagan →