Where does “nesh” come from?

nesh (Middle English) comes from Old English hnesċe, from Proto-West Germanic hnaskwī, from Proto-Germanic hnaskuz, from Proto-Indo-European knēs-.

Ancestry of “nesh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhnesċesoft; delicate, tender
2Proto-West Germanichnaskwīsoft
3Proto-Germanichnaskuzsoft, tender, yielding
4Proto-Indo-Europeanknēs-—

Words derived from “nesh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European knēs- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnaskuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hnaskwī →