Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “narwa” come from?

narwa (Old Dutch) comes from Polish narwać, from Polish na-, from Old Polish na-, from Proto-Slavic na- — on.

Ancestry of “narwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishnarwać—
2Polishna-—
3Old Polishna-—
4Proto-Slavicna-on

Words derived from “narwa”

  • nerve
  • nerf
  • narwe
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