Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “naȥ” come from?

naȥ (Middle High German) comes from Old High German naȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *nat, from Proto-Germanic nataz, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.

Ancestry of “naȥ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germannaȥ—
2Proto-West Germanic*nat—
3Proto-Germanicnatazwet
4Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned- →