Where does “nekke” come from?

nekke (Middle English) comes from Old English hnecca, from Proto-West Germanic *hnakkō, from Proto-Germanic hnakkô, from Proto-Indo-European knog-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

nekke (Middle English): neck

Definitions

  1. neck

Ancestry of “nekke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhneccaback of the neck; back of the head; neck
2Proto-West Germanic*hnakkōnape
3Proto-Germanichnakkôthe back of the neck; nape
4Proto-Indo-Europeanknog-back of the head, nape, neck
5Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “nekke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knog- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnakkô →