Where does “nayten” come from?

nayten (Middle English) comes from Old Norse neita, from Proto-Germanic niitjaną, from Proto-Germanic ne, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

Ancestry of “nayten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseneita—
2Proto-Germanicniitjanąto say ‘no’, deny, refuse
3Proto-Germanicnenot
4Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

Words derived from “nayten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Germanic ne →Every word from Proto-Germanic niitjaną →