Where does “gnudden” come from?

gnudden (Middle English) comes from Middle English gnidden, from Middle English gniden, from Old English gnīdan, from Proto-Germanic gnīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰneydʰ- — to rub.

Ancestry of “gnudden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgnidden—
2Middle Englishgnidento gnide
3Old Englishgnīdanto rub, grind together, crumble
4Proto-Germanicgnīdanąto rub, to grind
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰneydʰ-to rub

Words derived from “gnudden”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰneydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gnīdaną →Every word from Old English gnīdan →