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Where does “gnagha” come from?

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

gnagha (Old Swedish): to gnaw

Definitions

  1. to gnaw

Ancestry of “gnagha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegnagato gnaw
2Proto-Germanicgnaganąto gnaw
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰnēgʰ-to gnaw, scratch

Words derived from “gnagha”

  • gnaga
  • gnagare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- →