Where does “nājen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nājen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nājen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēaną →
nājen — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer