Where does “gnit” come from?

gnit (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic hnits, from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- — nit, louse egg.

Ancestry of “gnit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichnitsnit, louse egg
2Proto-Indo-European*-níd-nit, louse egg

Words derived from “gnit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-níd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnits →