Where does “*nād” come from?

*nād (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic nēdiz, from Proto-Germanic nēaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

Ancestry of “*nād”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicnēdizThat which is sewn; seam; stitch
2Proto-Germanicnēanąto sew
3Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēdiz →