Where does “hnitu” come from?

hnitu (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic hnits, from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- — nit, louse egg.

hnitu (Old English): nit

Definitions

  1. nit

Ancestry of “hnitu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichnitsnit, louse egg
2Proto-Indo-European*-níd-nit, louse egg

Words derived from “hnitu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnits →