Where does “gnage” come from?
gnage (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse gnaga, from Proto-Germanic gnaganą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- — to gnaw, scratch.
gnage (Norwegian Bokmål): to gnaw
Ancestry of “gnage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | gnaga | to gnaw |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | gnaganą | to gnaw |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰnēgʰ- | to gnaw, scratch |