Where does “nauw” come from?

nauw (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic hnawwaz, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Ancestry of “nauw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichnawwaztight; narrow; sparse; meager; lean; scarce
2Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
3Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “nauw”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnawwaz →
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