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Where does “нагъ” come from?

нагъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic nagъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nōˀgás, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

нагъ (Old Church Slavonic): naked

Definitions

  1. naked

Ancestry of “нагъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnagъnaked, nude
2Proto-Balto-Slavicnōˀgásnaked
3Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

Words derived from “нагъ”

  • нагота
  • нагость
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