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Where does “nacket” come from?

nacket (Middle High German) comes from Old High German nackut, from Proto-Germanic nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

Ancestry of “nacket”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germannackutnaked
2Proto-Germanicnakwadaznaked
3Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

Words derived from “nacket”

  • halbnackt
  • nackt
  • Nacktschwanzgürteltier
  • pudelnackt
  • Nacktnasenwombat
  • Nacktschnecke
  • Nacktaufnahme
  • Nacktheit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →