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Where does “nakinn” come from?

nakinn (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

Ancestry of “nakinn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnakwadaznaked
2Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude

Words derived from “nakinn”

  • naku-uinti
  • nakupellenä
  • nakupelle
  • naku
  • naken
  • nakenstrand
  • nakenhet
  • naken
  • nakenstrand
  • naken
  • nøgenhed
  • splitternøgen
  • nøgen
  • nakinn
  • nakin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →