Where does “Narf” come from?

Narf (Plautdietsch) comes from German nerv, from French nerf, from Middle French nerf, from Old French nerf, from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.

Narf (Plautdietsch): nerve

Definitions

  1. nerve

Ancestry of “Narf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannervnerve
2Frenchnerfnerve; force, power, strength
3Middle Frenchnerfnerve
4Old Frenchnerfnerve
5LatinnervusA sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
6Proto-Indo-European(s)new-—

Words derived from “Narf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)new- →Every word from Latin nervus →Every word from Old French nerf →