Where does “naken” come from?

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

naken (Norwegian Nynorsk): naked, nude, bare

Definitions

  1. naked, nude, bare

Ancestry of “naken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenakinnnaked
2Proto-Germanicnakwadaznaked
3Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

Words derived from “naken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →Every word from Proto-Germanic nakwadaz →Every word from Old Norse nakinn →