Where does “naite” come from?

naite (Middle English) comes from Old Norse neyte, from Proto-Germanic nautiz — use; useful, helpful.

Ancestry of “naite”, step by step

naite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse neyte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseneyte—
2Proto-Germanicnautizuse; useful, helpful

via Old French naisté

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnaisté—
2Latinnascita—

Words derived from “naite”

Every word from Proto-Germanic nautiz →Every word from Old Norse neyte →