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Where does “gnaga” come from?

gnaga (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic gnaganą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- — to gnaw, scratch.

gnaga (Old Norse): to gnaw

Definitions

  1. to gnaw

Ancestry of “gnaga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgnaganąto gnaw
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰnēgʰ-to gnaw, scratch

Words derived from “gnaga”

  • gnag
  • gnagare
  • gnaga
  • gnage
  • gnaggen
  • gnagen
  • gnagha
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- →