Where does “hnecca” come from?

hnecca (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *hnakkō, from Proto-Germanic hnakkô, from Proto-Indo-European knog-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

hnecca (Old English): back of the neck; back of the head; neck

Definitions

  1. back of the neck; back of the head; neck

Ancestry of “hnecca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*hnakkōnape
2Proto-Germanichnakkôthe back of the neck; nape
3Proto-Indo-Europeanknog-back of the head, nape, neck
4Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “hnecca”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knog- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnakkô →
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