Where does “nāen” come from?

nāen (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic nēaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

Ancestry of “nāen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnēanąto sew
2Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēaną →