Where does “nuz” come from?

nuz (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic hnut, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

nuz (Old High German): nut; use

Definitions

  1. nut; use

Ancestry of “nuz”, step by step

nuz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic hnut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichnutnut
2Proto-Germanichnutsnut
3Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
4Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via Proto-Germanic nutō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnutōuse, profit, yield
2Proto-Indo-Europeannewd-to seize; grasp; use; to grasp, seize, use; to...

Words derived from “nuz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnuts →