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Where does “nāian” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nāian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnēanąto sew
2Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin , to sew

Words derived from “nāian”

  • Nähmaschine
  • nähen
  • ניימאַשין
  • נייען
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