Where does “naken” come from?
naken (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse nǫkkviðr, from Proto-Germanic nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.
naken (Norwegian Bokmål): nude, naked, bare
Ancestry of “naken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | nǫkkviðr | naked |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | nakwadaz | naked |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | nogʷós | bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude |
Words derived from “naken”