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

narwa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish narwać

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishnarwaćto pick many, to collect many
2Polishna-added to verbs to make them perfective
3Old Polishna-added to verbs to make them perfective
4Proto-Slavicna-on

via Proto-Germanic arwaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicarwazready, fast; scar
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanHerwos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Estonian Narva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianNarva—

Words derived from “narwa”

Every word from Proto-Slavic na- →Every word from Polish na- →Every word from Old Polish na- →