Where does “нога” come from?

нога (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic nogà, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ- — claw, nail; nail.

нога (Old East Slavic): leg

Definitions

  1. leg

Ancestry of “нога”, step by step

нога traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic nogà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnogàfoot, leg
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail

via Slavic *noga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slavic*noga—

Words derived from “нога”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nogʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic nogà →