Where does “gnagan” come from?

gnagan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic gnagan, from Proto-Germanic gnaganą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- — to gnaw, scratch.

gnagan (Old English): to gnaw

Definitions

  1. to gnaw

Ancestry of “gnagan”, step by step

gnagan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic gnagan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgnaganto gnaw
2Proto-Germanicgnaganąto gnaw
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰnēgʰ-to gnaw, scratch

via Proto-Germanic *gnagan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*gnagan—

Words derived from “gnagan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gnaganą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gnagan →