Where does “nakenhet” come from?

nakenhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Swedish naken, from Old Norse nakinn, from Proto-Germanic nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

nakenhet (Norwegian Bokmål): nakedness, nudity

Definitions

  1. nakedness, nudity

Ancestry of “nakenhet”, step by step

nakenhet traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish naken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishnakennude, naked; without clothes
2Old Norsenakinnnaked
3Proto-Germanicnakwadaznaked
4Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

via Norwegian Bokmål het

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhethot; simple past of hete
2Old Norseheitrhot
3Proto-Germanichaitazhot
4Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat

via Norwegian Bokmål naken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålnakennude, naked, bare
2Old Norsenǫkkviðrnaked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →Every word from Proto-Germanic nakwadaz →Every word from Old Norse nakinn →
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