Where does “nāien” come from?

nāien (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic nēaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

Ancestry of “nāien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnēanąto sew
2Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

Words derived from “nāien

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic nēaną