Where does “gni” come from?

gni (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse gniða, from Proto-Germanic gnīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰneydʰ- — to rub.

gni (Norwegian Bokmål): to rub

Definitions

  1. to rub

Ancestry of “gni”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegniðato rub, to scrub
2Proto-Germanicgnīdanąto rub, to grind
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰneydʰ-to rub

Words derived from “gni”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰneydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gnīdaną →Every word from Old Norse gniða →