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Where does “hnaskuz” come from?

hnaskuz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European knēs-.

hnaskuz (Proto-Germanic): soft, tender, yielding

Definitions

  1. soft, tender, yielding

Ancestry of “hnaskuz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanknēs-—

Words derived from “hnaskuz”

  • nosh
  • nesh
  • neshness
  • noshery
  • neshen
  • naschsüchtig
  • naschhaft
  • naschen
  • Naschkatze
  • nesh
  • neschen
  • nesche
  • nesch
  • hnesċan
  • hnesċe
  • hnæsċe
  • hnysċe
  • hnesce
  • hnesċian
  • naskōn
  • nascōn
  • naschen
  • נאַשן
  • hnaskwī
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