Where does “gnika” come from?

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

gnika (Norwegian Nynorsk): to rub

Definitions

  1. to rub

Ancestry of “gnika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgnito rub
2Old Norsegniðato rub, to scrub
3Proto-Germanicgnīdanąto rub, to grind
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰneydʰ-to rub

Words derived from “gnika”

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