Where does “naked” come from?

naked (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

Ancestry of “naked”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnakwadaznaked
2Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

Words derived from “naked”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →Every word from Proto-Germanic nakwadaz →