Where does “knagan” come from?

knagan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic gnaganą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- — to gnaw, scratch.

Ancestry of “knagan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgnaganąto gnaw
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰnēgʰ-to gnaw, scratch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gnaganą →